Unfortunately CASA don't see that way. I have seen FOI's ground aircraft over minor defects which had no bearing on the safety or the integrity of the aircraft. Their view is that if their is any defect on the aircraft at all no matter how small or irrelevent you have to endorse the MR and if it cannot be closed off by deferral to DDG, by a LAME, a PUS or approved pilot maintenance then the aircraft is unairworthy. You cannot fly aircraft around with open defects on the MR no matter how irrelevent they are.
And despite the argument to the FOI that the offending part was only for comestic purposes the FOI still grounded the aircraft.
THAT is what you are dealing with.
So you can quote the CARs till the cows come home but unless you take CASA to court and get a ruling nothing will change.
Last edited by neville_nobody; 21st Mar 2013 at 01:14.