Originally Posted by
Cyio
That was the take I had as well. I feel like if this was meant to include the -7 it would have. I will admit, I am not an expert on the issues remaining on the -7 but I "think" they are just the engine cowling issue right?
Correct. The exact same problem that is present in thousands of active aircraft flying around the world right now.
While not ideal, it is a very low probability event and there is a work around to lower the probability to near zero until they can fix the issue. Rumor has it that someone left the anti ice on for the duration of a very long flight not encountering icing conditions and there was engine cowling damage as a result. This was extrapolated into the memos that went out informing operators that they should not leave the anti ice on when not encountering or anticipating icing conditions, which sounds kind of silly, but I think most of us have realized that it is on at some point when it really shouldn't be just because we forgot.