The time will come when you’re faced with selecting the shop to do the majority of the maintenance on your airplane. Choosing we’ll can mean the difference between a good ownership experience and a level of frustration that causes you to give up on aviation.

In this article, we’ll give you suggestions on making your initial search, then how to narrow it down; a list of attributes of professional shops, guidelines for making your selection as we’ll as shop practices that are red flag alerts to avoid.