Originally Posted by
Nightstop
I’ve been temporarily grounded for similar, albeit under the fuselage. These SAFA people are thorough, quite rightly so.
Can you recall the form, and location and extent of, presumably missing fasteners under the fuselage ?
Line engineers are also thorough.
Having read the criteria in your link, I can't see any that would be considered applicable to ground the aircraft. If I had found the missing fasteners, I would have inspected the rest of the fairing and, if the rest were secure and intact, would have raised a defect before certifying the aircraft..
Not being pedantic, but, I do feel it's being alarmist to say the aircraft would have been grounded when there's no reason for this and the aircraft can still be operated...safely