Originally Posted by
tcasblue
Maintenance is via a logbook entry. But one doesn't really know if maintenance is sending the info to the manufacturer. Not a typical pilot responsibility of course.
Since when do pilots contact manufacturers for maintainence issues? We fly the plane and report all and any incidents and abnormalities that may affect the safety of the aircraft to our maintainence. At least that's what we do in the operation I work for. Up to maintainence to decide what they want to do from there.