Originally Posted by
WingNut60
Does having 25 PCS in stock indicate that they do anticipate having to replace them occasionally?
That is, is this a not unheard of occurence in service, just very uncommon.
Or would they be held in case one is damaged or rejected for some undefined reason on the assembly line.
Are we assuming they are going to just replace them with existing stock and hope they don't crack again or will Boeing be re engineering and strengthening them and then hoping something else further down the Load paths won't break?
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