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Had to pick between a full avionics suite upgrade or just the comms on a Cessna 172 last quarter.
Went with the full upgrade for future-proofing, but it added 15 extra hours of labor. Anyone else faced a 'go big or go home' call on a retrofit?
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juliadavis11d ago
Yeah, the extra labor on those full avionics packages is a killer. We did a similar panel overhaul last year and the wiring alone ate up a ton of unbilled shop time. Future-proofing is smart, but you really feel that labor cost later.
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wadeyoung11d ago
Future-proofing is smart" but is it really worth it? The tech changes so fast that what's new now is old in a few years. You might just be paying a lot for stuff you'll replace anyway.
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