Wow, as best I can tell there were some bad parts, not the cylinders, that require inspection or replacement.
You’d never know that from this AD. Of course, one can figure it out with a little research, but wouldn’t it be better to have in plainly spelled out in the AD in the first place?
Absolutely Eric!
I read the AD a short time ago and what blew me away was compliance costs. Labor was listed at $80/hr. Talk about agency disconnect.
Here in coastal california hourly shop rates are between $130-160/hr.
Since usually 80%+ of AD compliance cost is the labor cost AD compliance expense numbers are greatly understated.
Maybe the FAA could do a brief phone survey of shops in each geographical are and collect current shop rates. Last time I saw $80/hr was at least a decade ago.