Shawn Shoultys

Document ID: FAA-2012-0756-0004
Document Type: Public Submission
Agency: Federal Aviation Administration
Received Date: August 01 2012, at 12:00 AM Eastern Daylight Time
Date Posted: August 6 2012, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Comment Start Date: July 19 2012, at 12:00 AM Eastern Standard Time
Comment Due Date: September 4 2012, at 11:59 PM Eastern Standard Time
Tracking Number: 810be677
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This is comment on Proposed Rule

Airworthiness Directives: Piper Aircraft, Inc. Airplanes

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I have a piper cub and have been working on them for 25 years. I have never encountered an issue with the toggle type switches . They are guarded and would be nearly impossible to turn both of them off except deliberately. The large rotary switch I could see accidentally turning off. I do not think the guarded toggle switches should be affected. If they were then they should be permitted on the dash panel versus a key switch which may have an AD against it anyhow. Bendix key switches are subject to failure and the original toggles are reliable. Keep it simple. I would prefer no AD action. It is impossible to legislate the pilot out of the cockpit. The design has been in place for sixty years. It works.