Team terminal please give me a factual instance of when an operator has been penalised for not complying with a SB,how can it be possible that they can be penalised for not complying with a Non-mandatory issue? As i previously quoted there is no such thing as a "Mandatory Service bulletin" the issuer of the bulletin can call it what they want but it does not need to be complied with,as that can only be done via AD.I agree with you that the MPD can have a SB in it but this is from the Manufacturer(the MPD)and again can only be mandated via an AD.The reason that a SB would be in the MPD is if there is at that time no fix for the discrepancy and it was recurrent.The MPD provides "Scheduled" maintenance for a particular operator and is agreed with the relevent NAA,please bear in mind that a SB is issued by the manufacturer and not the NAA,the relevent NAA will review the SB and decide whether it warrants an AD therefore making it mandatory if not it will remain an SB and will not be so.
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