Max TOW - a caution on your assumption of the date of that MEL to which you refer. Your post #306 which, I believe, was the first link to the TAM MEL is dated 20/7/07. The 'current' MEL linked by that is dated 30/7 which I think was AFTER the AB bulletin? In other words we have no way at the moment of knowing what the MEL was on 17/7. The MEL has presumably been updated since your link.