Originally Posted by
theturbofantastic
Mick, I believe ozaub is referring to the previous MOM that informed operators of the issue, not the MOM that contains the inspection instructions.
Unless I'm mistaken the previous MOM first notifying operators of the issue - MOM-MOM-19-0530-01B(R1) - was released on 27 September 2019.
Originally Posted by
DaveReidUK
The issue date of the AD was September 30. October 3 was the "effective from" date.
Yes, quite correct. My mistake.
So, the upshot of all that is that there was about three days between the first Boeing MOM and the AD, meaning that
Originally Posted by
ozaub
MOM gave airlines four weeks advance notice of the AD. Ample time to inspect most aircraft and have a "we've done it already"
PR coup when AD came out.
is not correct.