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The owner got a call and was told the parts are in, but they can’t get them in today and the only people qualified to put them in tomorrow are not working. They knew 2 1/2 weeks ago that I was flying in to pick the coach up. This is unbelievable. I would avoid this place like the plague.

Not making light of your situation, but it is hunting season in Michigan, Perhaps those qualified are out for hunting season. I know here in Alaska if you've got a truck in a shop and its not done before opening day, you might as well fix it yourself, because its going to be another 2 weeks.

This is a true story about Michigan hunters.  The company I worked for developed a purchase agreement for 30 aircraft to be delivered at a pace of one per week starting October 15th.  In the early meetings with all the lawyers and high level execs in attendance The technical team was invited to attend for our input.  When the aggreement was close to being finalized our Sr VP asked if there were any other concerns, I asked when is hunting season?  You could have heard a pin drop, everyone with out exception, turned in my direction and the Sr VP asking why????  I said the high seniority technicians are going to be gone the week before and during the season and non productive the week they get back.  We added a month to the delivery schedule.