Ultimately it comes down to following SOPS or having them changed. We are required to do a full align - period. The time savings doesn't mean anything since you can't turn the plane in less than half an hour anyway, and a full align is about ten minutes
Atomic - I went around this NO SMOKING sign crap with SAMC - for a while - ultimately they conceded it to be balls - they reckoned we might save a few signs from burning out!
Typical Airbus stuff - fed bull**** by the company too. Lack of solid info is tiresome.
It is a lot easier to get good tech info from Boeing. Nice plane the bus - shame about the TK weanies etc.