Rudy,
You make a fine argument, but many of your assumptions are just plain wrong! Aviation is more akin to the automotive industry than medicine, and we all know the risks we take every time we step into a car, or hire a mechanic to work on one.
No doubt you are highly trained and extremely competent in your profession, but you have reached that level of professionalism only through knowledge and experience. You apparently are not qualified to diagnose the condition of an aircraft, anymore than this owners aircraft mechanic is qualified to cast dispersions on your medical proficiency. You have in essence made a third party diagnosis without the required personal knowledge and experience to make such diagnosis. Is this common in medical practice? I sincerely hope not!
If your mechanic feels strongly enough about the condition of this aircraft to pursue what limited resources are available to him (no, he cannot ground this aircraft himself), that's his prerogative, not yours.
While I feel your concerns for the health and well being of this owner are genuine, I fear your approach will have the opposite affect! Had I received such communication from a prospective buyer, I would have been angered by what I would have seen as a lightly veiled attack on my personal integrity (and certainly on my mechanic's), and the buyer's need for self justification in not completing the deal! I would likely have dismissed your comments as self righteous rhetoric, rather than have been moved to investigate and correct what your "mechanic" perceives as major discrepancies in what I "know" to be an airworthy aircraft. I have no reason to believe your mechanic is more knowledgeable than mine!
Your heart may be in the right place, but I fear psychology is not something you should specialize in.
Please, no offense intended!
Let me say that anyone who participates in emergency medicine has my utmost respect (and gratitude). Several of my family (myself included) probably wouldn't be here today without the selfless efforts of others such as yourself! Thankyou!
We should move on now towards finding you an airplane you both can live with! A much more enjoyable topic!
