> Yet by admission of the AA CEO they didn't get the spacing perfect
> when they relaced the wires.
Has this been confirmed as the worst problem found?
I gather from reading that the wires are for a backup hydraulic system, so aren't carrying current except after a main system failure -- and that this area is one where hydraulic fluid can accumulate --- using my fallible logic in the absence of facts, then does it make sense that the wire ties, and the wires, would be visibly dirty, so it would be obvious whether the work had been done (wire bundle untied, inspected, and reattached using new wire ties, just not close enough together)?
My worst case would be to guess the inspectors of those nine aircraft found reason to think the wires were just looked at and ignored.
Just asking -- they do have to take off the wire ties to check for cracks in the insulation, to find anything that could cause a spark, right?