Originally Posted by
mostlytossas
Update on our aircraft. Firstly thankyou all those who responded to my inquiry. After finding that the responses were split about 50/50 as to if my LAME was correct or not I decided I would contact CASA direct and spoke to an Airworthiness Inspector.
The result of which was that he was correct.
Although I happen to agree with the conclusion, it’s worth reminding everyone that this is merely a manifestation of the normalised deviation that so pervades these kinds of questions.
The fact that CASA may agree with a LAME about the interpetation of a rule does not make that interpretation an objective truth. It may make it so as a matter of practicality, because no one has the time, energy or inclination to argue about it any more, but that’s one of the reasons normalised deviation happens.