Originally Posted by
Ian W
Before the hamster wheel spins up again - this was all discussed earlier in the thread and discounted.
The engine health monitoring to Rolls Royce and the aircraft health monitoring to Boeing via ACARS were both inactivated with no subscription paid.
That is probably true, but I have not seen anything more substantive than 'someone on PPrune said it' and the lack of any info from these companies as the basis. For the comment,
Originally Posted by
Ian W
There was no subscription for any ACARS activity over SATCOM only over VHF and that was routine 30 minute reporting the last of which was at 1.07. The only reason that the SATCOM was operative at all was the SATCOM phone facility was still available.
You have said this part over and over. Your statement is flatly contradicted by the preliminary report, this has been mentioned on every spin of the hampster wheel with a request to provide some insight as to why your assertion might be true and, on every occasion you have chosen not to provide that insight.