It’s always interesting talking with the creative folks who develop major aircraft modifications and conversions about going through the process of getting STC certification from the FAA. I don’t know how many times I’ve heard a new STC-holder comment that had he known of the hassles, conflicting instructions, interminable delays and costs he’d face in dealing with the FAA, he’d have never sought an STC.
I can’t help but wonder how and why the FAA has turned what should be straightforward, objective demonstrations of regulation compliance into exercises that rival the travails of a character in a Kafka novel.