Originally Posted by
LarryJ
Engine anti-ice is not used in dry air so the new five minute limit should not affect operations. That's likely also why they've never had any problems with it in line operations.
Thanks for the succinct, professional, and understandable explanation.
To me, it's basically saying that if you operate a system incorrectly, bad things COULD happen, but they haven't happened because most likely pilots have NOT operated the system incorrectly.
And yet I'm sure some will come out screaming about the airplane being unsafe, Boeing is evil, etc. etc.