Actually,, as the originator of the thread Spanner references, I need to point out a bit of trivia. The original report was an NTSB report with urgent recomendations; These are often the origin of FAA AD's. The FAA can still reject them and do nothing, however unlikely. I'm sure there will be a case argued about the quality of "off-shore" maint.The US carriers will squeal like pigs,,it'll be interesting.
My guess is that it will be a few months before anything regulatory comes of this known-since-conception flaw,, but this will add to the "harsh" side of the judgement scales.
--heracles