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From: stevenp@decwrl.pa.dec.com (Steven Philipson)
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Message-ID: <1991Mar18.132854.14670@cbnews.att.com>
Date: 18 Mar 91 13:28:54 GMT
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From: stevenp@decwrl.pa.dec.com (Steven Philipson)

In article <1991Feb19.033346.19290@cbnews.att.com>, news@newcastle.ac.uk
writes;
 
> [...] The servicing on a/c is very thorough, and *any* fault
> will ground the plane until it is fixed.

   This is NOT correct.  Repair of minor faults is often deferred for
repair during scheduled service intervals.  It would make no sense to
ground a fully-capable aircraft because one cockpit light is out, or 
if a system is out of service that will not be used on that particular
mission anyway.  Pilots are provided with a list of uncorrected
discrepancies before flight so that they know what is non-functional.
They can refuse an aircraft though if there is something broken that
they feel must be operational.

						   Steve
					(the certified flying fanatic)
					    stevenp@decwrl.dec.com