flarepilot,
Don't you think MainTrol isn't brought into the discussion on a repair plan? Heck, even in the somewhat dysfunctional USAF, and failure in flight, after brought under control, was discussed on a HF phone patch as to repairs, best divert, etc. I had a crew have a gear failure to retract leaving a classified location before Iraq II. At one point, the HQ, Lockheed and our maintainers were all discussing options. The crew didn't just head off with nary a fare-thee-well.