As a Chief Inspector(avionics) with a Repairman Certificate, our company also got the Feds with their LOI (letter of investigation)
They found an altimeter on the bench without a manual, or not manual at all on the shop for that particular altimeter...
After their investigation I received a Request for Testing letter (or something like that on the mail) requesting a re-test..(the repairman certificates doesn't need a test or written test to get it..you get it because of the experience)
But anyway..I had to take a test: FAR 43 and FAR 65 laws and regulations..it was a very tricky one!! they flunk it..with a 60%, the minimun is 70%
Today my boss got a phone call from the feds, requesting me to surrend my Repairman certificate and wait 90 days for re-test or they will revoke it.
Not only that, my boss now wants me to leave for 90 days without payment, SUSPENDED WITHOUT $$$..!!, because he will close the shop for 90 days, until I re-test and get a new repairman cert.
This is nuts and getting crazy my friends..the FAA is closing shops and maintenance facilities around the country for just any issue.
I am about to lose my job and my family will enter into a hardship, just because a Manual that was not at our facility.
