Stepclimb
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Allow me to pose a hypothetical situation....
Aircraft 1 in service with a 121 carrier experiences a fault with its elevator artificial feel system. The fault is traced to a LRU "box" and MEL'd. To clear the MEL, the box is swapped with one from airplane 2 and all ops checks good on airplane 1.
Now airplane 2, with the faulty circuit from airplane 1 flies a few legs and then experiences an elevator artificial feel fault....and you guessed it, gets MEL'd.
This scenario is repeated as the faulty elevator feel circuitry makes its rounds amongst the fleet. Mechanics will tell you that they are "troubleshooting" to determine the cause of the fault.
How many out there have seen this and what regulations or standards are out there to prevent this sort of thing?
Aircraft 1 in service with a 121 carrier experiences a fault with its elevator artificial feel system. The fault is traced to a LRU "box" and MEL'd. To clear the MEL, the box is swapped with one from airplane 2 and all ops checks good on airplane 1.
Now airplane 2, with the faulty circuit from airplane 1 flies a few legs and then experiences an elevator artificial feel fault....and you guessed it, gets MEL'd.
This scenario is repeated as the faulty elevator feel circuitry makes its rounds amongst the fleet. Mechanics will tell you that they are "troubleshooting" to determine the cause of the fault.
How many out there have seen this and what regulations or standards are out there to prevent this sort of thing?