For instance some minor category C MEL item fails (doesn't affect flight safety). You got 10 days to fix it or aircraft grounded. In many cases the spare will sit in customs for a month - what do you do - ground the aircraft, or just not write the item in the folio?
wolf, i disagree with this and this was a huge talking point for me while flying for a sa operator.
whats the point in having a technical log if you just manipulate it to suite your company...there are reasons why manufacturers classify items into certain amounts of days...
all the way through this thread, people have said to follow the regs, the sop's and afm, so why dismiss the mel?