AEA Pilot's Guide 2018-2019 - 32
PILOT'S GUIDE "An expert is a man who has made all the mistakes which can be made, in a narrow field." - Niels Bohr, Danish physicist TOP 10 AVIONICS UPGRADE MISTAKES ...AND HOW AIRCRAFT OWNERS CAN AVOID THEM S T O R Y B Y D A L E N obody wants to be that customer. You know, the aircraft owners whose wallets are much thicker than their logbooks and who know more about an avionics upgrade than an avionics shop. Photo courtesy of Stevens Aviation - 32 - S M I T H Time after time, they will tell you, in no uncertain circumstances, the right way to put their avionics upgrade together. They want "this box there" and "that display over here" and "yes, you can integrate this with that because someone on the internet said they did it." An avionics shop owner or technician knows this project has rework written all over it. But as they say in retail, "The customer is always right." Thankfully, this type of situation is rare - at least we hope. But there still are those times when even the most well-intentioned aircraft owner makes a critical error that will turn what could have been a simple avionics upgrade into the type of project that generates bad Facebook reviews. To help everyone concerned avoid these recurring issues, AEA Pilot's Guide contacted a cross-section of avionics shops to learn what the most-common customer "mistakes" are and, hopefully, how to avoid them.
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