To Strake or not to Strake
Bell Helicopter has issued an Information Letter to B206A/B & L series operators with a warning about using the BLR Strakes recently issued with a FAA STC for these models. The warning states that “Operating the aircraft with these strakes in place could result in unknown and undefined maintenance and inspection requirements and, additionally, render the procedures, retirement lives, etc., contained in the Bell manuals inapplicable.”
Are there any such operators or pilots / maintenance personnel on this forum that can advise how this warning is being taken by the industry /companies in their area, and their regulators.
It would seem possible (and in some countries probable) that this Information Letter could carry implications regarding the validity of a C of A for an aircraft with this STC applied. What does your organisation / regulator say about this warning?
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