Originally Posted by
Mr @ Spotty M
Things have changed a little since you retired tdracer.
You can now get variations/extensions to CMR's.
The B787 CMR's are no longer given a Star Rating of 1 or 2 Stars and you can now get variations if needed.
Thanks for the update - sounds like the regulators had a moment of sanity and did something reasonable.
I distinctly remember an operator berating Boeing for CMRs during a 'Working Together Team (WTT) Meeting for the very reason I outlined. Basically said CMRs were a Band-Aid for bad engineering design
But the FAA insisted on CMRs for certain maintenance tasks because they couldn't prevent local authorities from 'escalating' (extending) MPD intervals.