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Old 7th Jan 2020, 14:29
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Dave Therhino
 
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Originally Posted by SLF3
So is working nitrogen inserting MEL for the Bus? An earlier post suggested It isn’t for the 787.....

again, I’m not interested in a Boeing versus airbus debate, just looking for regulatory consistency around composite wings and lightning strikes.
The 787 inerting system is allowed to be inoperative under the MEL. The effect of this allowance was required by the special conditions to be included in the numerical probability analysis.
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