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Old Jul 1, 2009 | 7:49 pm
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bk42
 
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Originally Posted by MikeMpls
NW maintentance is still managed under NW's Part 121 Certificate, not by DL & TOC.

With a serious incident on June 23 on HKG-NRT (June 24 on this side of the date line), it is highly unlikely all A330's were fixed by the time our tour started at 1:30 p.m. on June 26.

I also think that if NW had them all replaced, we'd be seeing news releases & reports all over the place.
I agree. Getting the whole fleet into maintenance without canceling flights takes time. And I wouldn't be surprised either if there is a limit on the production rate of the pitot tubes, thus dictating how fast airlines can refit their planes. NW will be fast to issue a press release when they get it all done.
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