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Old 6th Feb 2011, 10:49
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I would be rather interested in the repair scheme that has been designed for the forward spar...especially the test methods, additional inspection schedules and NDI techniques proposed to ensure the fatigue life and continuing airworthiness of this major load bearing element of the wing.

OTOH, perhaps outsourcing this responsibility to an outside agency such as Airbus will allow the clowns running the show to escape any future blame as has been seen so far with the "Power by the Hour Contract" debacle.

You start to wonder what the holder of an AOC is actually responsible for these days...oh, I forgot, good returns to the shareholders so as to guarantee management bonuses.

I hope that the future will prove me to be wrong...
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