No, the pressure leaks will be addressed as soon as panel is done, but while interior is still out. The shop next door is going to do it. Since column and pedal boots are brand new, it's most likely the wing roots and floor that are culprits. I was going to take it to either Morris or a service center for the pressure stuff, but I'm just sick of ferrying and waiting around, losing time, so the local guys will be quicker. Plus they have experience working on Anthony Chan's 681 (the guy that makes the little remote control tows). His 681 leaked bad as well when he bought it and they fixed that nicely.
At this point I would not recommend the avionics shop. They're not bad people or dishonest financially, but one has to question their planning skills or competence when an install takes 4 months longer than initially suggested... That said, the works seems to be done correctly from what I can see, but I just hope there won't be too many squawks once it's all done as that could take another few months to iron out.
Interior shop was another recommend from a pilot. Guy who owns it works at Gulfstreams finishing center in Long Beach doing jet interiors, and this is his side upholstery business. Seemed really on it in the beginning, then the communication got really spotty and I thought "here we go again....". One time beginning of the year they had me drive all the way out to Chino in rush hour to pick something up, only to find when I arrived the item wasn't there and he could not be reached. Wasted about 6hrs of my day on that. I lost it with his poor wife who runs the shop at that point and from then on, I've mainly communicated with her directly. And she's been great! I've seen the work and it's really good, I'm impressed. So at this point I would recommend them. I just think her husband is too swamped, working all day at Gulfstream. That's why his communication is bad, so much better to deal with wife directly.
But I've lamented on this before in other forums. The key to any business success is communication. I will accept almost any delay if you just keep me updated. It's so easy, just drop me an email saying "Adam, sorry, we couldn't get to the panel install this week because of bla bla". Fine, I'll accept that. But what drives me crazy is stonewalling or dodging calls. My experience is that 95% of all airplane service businesses do this to some degree and it's very frustrating.
