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Hey! This is regulation at work when it's working. That's awesome. I gotta say, I'm a pretty big fan of the FAA in terms of taking their approach of to safety and regulation.

This seems kinda weird though to authorize for a commercial passenger craft? I'm curious, why would they authorize such a thing?

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Indeed, the FAA have no real reason to authorize that; I would also not expect them to want to grant any exemptions on a blanket basis: usually aviation authorities make rulings on specific aircraft, based on the flight and maintenance data.

It's entirely possible that no one at Boeing believes the FAA will grant this exemption. However, if they don't make the attempt, then when Boeing gets dinged with contract penalties or loses deals because of this problem the responsible person needs to be able to prove that they did everything possible.

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