Originally Posted by
Trogdor
The feds are all over my company right now for, well a number of things, one of which is deice boot patches that are delaminating (beginning to peal off). Generally maintenance fixes this problem by re-securing the edges of the patch. Recently they have been cutting off the part of the patch which is delaminating. Is this legal? It may seem like a small thing to worry about, but when the feds are sending out LOIs for this sort of thing, I'd like to know. Anyone with a maintenance background or experience in this area know if what they are doing is legal?
To cover yourself, write up to "request inspection" of the deice patches and be specific of the location on the wing, it has been a long time since I have flown anything with boots, but I do remember there was a limit of how many on each wing and within a certain distance of how many along any given point. Best to call your POI for verification. This is very specific.