Originally Posted by shfo

No, we would do that to get it into a maintenance base to have it looked over by a mechanic to see if there is a more serious problem. We do not have access to the maintenance pages of the MFDs that the mechanics use to troubleshoot problems. Now we are flying 3-5 days with MELed Ignitors, altitude selectors, flight guidance controllers, TCAS, GPWSs, fuel quantity indicators, VOR receivers, LAVs, FADECs etc.

I have no problem doing this on small things like a burnt out overhead light bulb but I do have a problem with something that might affect the safety of flight.