nice talking to you T. I really learn from you.
Non airworthiness items such as carpets, cabin trim panels etc are deferred under MEL 05-01.
MEL 05-01 will be the best tool of all engineers then. but at the end of the day who decides what is non airworthiness items, CAA/EASA, QA or WE ENGINEERS? Who controls/monitors the use of such?
If I have to be in your system I would call AOG for a 0.5' scratch on a cabin trim, bearing in mind it is of fire suppression property.
I'm lucky here our CAD and my company's QA people are trained professional engineers. engineer talking to engineer. maybe in some part of the world these people are trained as diplomat. diplomat talking to engineer.
thanks for caring my ssa.