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Old 12th Jan 2024, 11:18
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routine presence of foreign object debris [FOD] in Spirit products, missing fasteners, peeling paint, and poor skin quality.
Are they all actually "defects"

Some would appear to be "human error" in that a human did not insert a bolt, torque the bolt to the correct value and insert a cotter pin.
Some of the terminology coming from the FAA is disheartening.
"bolt with missing nut" Obviously the "missing" nut was found!
"a plug type passenger door". Surely it is "a emergency exit plug "

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