First, unless your company is somehwere near Saudi Arabia, the company clock won't start at 0300. It will either start at midnight UCT, or midnight local time. (Saudi Arabia is UCT + 3, Moscow's the same in the winter, and Greece is the same during the summer.)

Second, if the repair must be made within 2 flight days, you have until the end of the second flight day to make the repair, not the beginning of the 2nd flight day.

In the example given, an "A" Category item is deferred for two flight days. The aircraft may be operated for the remainder of the day on which the discrepancy was noted, that is until midnight of that day - call that Day 1.

Day 2 begins at midnight. The airplane flies, so Day 2 becomes Flight Day #1.

Day 3 begins at midnight. The airplane doesn't fly because of the schedule or the whim of the boss -- maybe it's a Sunday, and it gets the day off. Whatever the reason, since the airplane did not fly, it is not considered a flight day. It still has one flight day remaining.

Day 4 begins at midnight. The airplane flies, so it becomes Flight Day #2. The aiplane can go until the end of that day - midnight - before repairs must be made.

Day 5 begins at midnight. Since 2 Flight Days have passed, the airplane cannot fly until appropriate repairs have been made.





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