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I think it would be better to find out if the FAA requires it and I would bet that they do.

IT appears yes. https://www.faa.gov/documentLibrary/media/Advisory_Circular/AC_25.307-1.pdf

 

[lovinthehd]

Does the insurance company want to pay out tens/hundreds of millions of dollars in the event of a crash?

Probably not but what does that have to do with it? Insurance companies never WANT to pay

 

[highfigh]

Probably not but what does that have to do with it? Insurance companies never WANT to pay

And if the operator of the aircraft doesn't want the financial liability, they need insurance, which would and should require some kind of maintenance schedule, right?

I seriously doubt that any maintenance supervisor would say "Just put some duct tape on it, slap it on the ass and let it go".

 

[lovinthehd]

And if the operator of the aircraft doesn't want the financial liability, they need insurance, which would and should require some kind of maintenance schedule, right?

I seriously doubt that any maintenance supervisor would say "Just put some duct tape on it, slap it on the ass and let it go".

We'll see. I'm not saying maintenance was horribly neglected or even at fault otoh, just it's more likely than sabotage (at least intentional sabotage). Regular airlines have insurance too and it happens to them on occasion. Could have been a defect in the basic manufacture/materials. Apparently it did go thru a major service fairly recently so they'll be going thru those records carefully. From the timing of the black box results I saw, nothing conclusive there and it happened at exactly the wrong moment, in that the plane would have to continue with take off due speed attained at that point.