So, Bond have grounded all their 135's until they have all been individually checked and cleared to fly again by Bond Maintanence. I understand that and appreciate that, due to recent events.
NPAS have imposed an additional limitation of 100kg min in the main fuel tank UFN. When is this limit going to be lifted again as each aircraft is very unlikely to be individually checked and cleared by ECUK Maintanence as they have already publicly stated that it was not them that have issued the checks.
Seems a bit of a knee jerk reaction by someone in NPAS who should know better without thinking yet again just because one aircraft had a fault. This limit imposed is affecting real time operational capabilities, and hindering the service that should be being provided. NPAS, if you are actually that concerned then ground the aircraft and pay to have them individually checked, otherwise stop making half hearted attempts to make it look like you know what you are doing is best.
If ECUK refuse to carry out the checks as (like most of us) they do not see a fleet wide problem, what is Plan B? Will You just lift the limitation again next week once Bond have had all their checks completed and returned all the other 21 aircraft back flying again. Would that be a duty of care to your own NPAS pilots by doing nothing except making the job more difficult in the mean time!
Is this going to happen for every fault over the next few months until the findings of Glasgow are published?
