STAY FAR AWAY!!! Poor judgement and no common sense, probably very shady as well. A fellow pilot advised me these clowns owed him a favor and he thought he would use that favor to get me a discounted annual. My 1986 TB-10 was 6 months out of routine annual when my aircraft was transported to Hammonds Air Service with request for annual inspection. I was never contacted nor did I think I needed to discuss a routine annual with these clowns. A few months later I started getting invoices to be paid, which I did without question, as I always do. BIG mistake. After all was said and done I paid $8000 for out-sourced prop rebuild, prop governor rebuilt, exhaust re-welding, carb rebuild. I thought that was it and was licking my wounds from that when I received their invoice for $17,000. Holy Sh*t! I did some simple math that showed I was in this for a $25,000 annual, charges NEVER authorized directly or implicitly and on a plane that I cannot sell for $25,000 now. The extreme LACK OF JUDGEMENT (and courtesy) by people who hold your life in their hands is inexplicable. I suppose my fellow pilot who brokered this travesty probably let it slip I was a physician, so maybe that explains it.
I have since heard numerous stories regarding issues with this bunch, none positive, and none solicited to confirm my conclusion. One story a pilot I had just met regaled me with involved an engine failure accident he survived immediately following a mechanic service near New Orleans. My curiosity aroused I asked the company that performed the service. You guessed it, Hammonds Air Service. read more
