Tom-D
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There are only two ways to sign the annual off, airworthy, or unairworthy. But,, we do have the option of continuing the inspection until the aircraft is airworthy.I don't believe an IA should write a logbook entry declaring an aircraft unairworthy. At most he should complete the annual and provide a list of discrepancies to the owner stating so in the logbook entry and obviously not stating anything about it being in an airworthy condition. It's the owner's responsibility to have the discrepancies cleared and the authorized person clearing the discrepancies signs the return to service for each discrepancy.
many times the owner will not want the inspector to repair the aircraft, because their buddies do it free. So I give them the option, Do you want me to come back, (it isn't free) or would you like me to complete the inspection now, and allow your buddies to return it to service?
9 out 0f 10 times they will opt for a UNairworthy sign off.