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Old 24th May 2012, 20:59
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Lyman
 
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Thanks for the link. I have a question regarding some scheduling issues?

But the airframer is "still working its way" through the approach to implementing the fix on in-service aircraft. Williams says a "nose-to-tail" grounding is one option, enabling completion in one session, but some customers might opt to split the fix across C-checks.

This comment is concerning. Any grounding is onerous, so understood why clients like C check softening of availability. If grounding is an "option", whose idea was it, and why is it "optional", since it has to have taken into account the urgency of the fix? Does this mean the regulator has signed off on the less urgent, more relaxed, approach?
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