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Old 2nd May 2015, 10:46
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Ian W
 
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Originally Posted by peekay4
Please don't leave your 787 powered on for 248 days straight...

New FAA AD:

https://s3.amazonaws.com/public-insp...2015-10066.pdf
The overflow of a counter has been found, someone said how long would we need to keep a generator running for the counter overflow problem to show - 248 days!

Presumably, there is a requirement to report such software issues even though the chance of keeping a specific generator running for 248 days is zero. The chance of all generators on an aircraft being kept running for the same 248 days is less than zero. It is not even vanishingly small it is zero.

Yet the FAA felt they had to issue an AD!? Really???
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