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Am I the only one who thinks the new FAA wire harness regs are a step back?
Three years ago at the MRO in Mobile, we had a bird strike that fried a main bundle. The old spec let us splice in a shielded section in 2 hours. Under the new rules from last month, the whole harness is a total loss. Anyone else had to scrap a perfectly good part over this?
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baker.ben1mo ago
Yeah, "preventing future failures" is the key part. I used to hate the extra steps too, saw them as a waste. But we had a comeback last year on an old splice job that passed the old checks. A tiny bit of moisture got in over time and started a slow burn. The new rules would have caught the weak spot before it left the hangar. It's a tough pill when you're holding a scrap harness, but I get it now.
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charles_black242mo ago
Okay but "total loss" feels like a stretch. The new rules are about preventing future failures, not just fixing the last one. That bird strike story is bad luck but maybe the old splice would have caused issues down the line. They don't just make these changes for no reason.
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