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Old Dec 18, 2010, 8:37 pm
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planemechanic
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Originally Posted by atanac
Since the shell of all 777 are the same I am not understanding why Worldtrav said the new
XP conversion would be a prototype. They have to remove all the first and business
seats no matter what type of aircraft and then reinstall the new conversion inside the
standard shell.
It is really an FAA issue. They consider it different enough to require a new certification. Fortunately you only need to re-certify the new differences. It still takes longer than the normal conversion though.
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