"Tony" wrote in message
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On Apr 6, 6:01 pm, Burt Compton - Marfa wrote:
Corrected date to May 21, 2010.

The comment period is to May 21, 2020.
With your expertise you could submit an alternate means of compliance
suggestion to the FAA.
Let us know how it works out.

Burt
Marfa, Texas USA

the AD must be complied with before the comment period is closed?
that's weird...

Not so weird... it's an emergency safety of flight issue.
The comment period can be used to discuss the recurrent inspection
requirements which are not part of the emergency AD issue.

[quote from the AD ]This AD is considered an interim action because we are
not
including the action that you repetitively inspect the elevator inner
hinges on the stabilizer at intervals not to exceed every 1,000 hours
time-in-service (TIS). The Administrative Procedure Act does not permit
the FAA to ``bootstrap'' a long-term requirement into an urgent safety
of flight action where the rule becomes effective at the same time the
public has the opportunity to comment. The short-term action and the
long-term action are analyzed separately for justification to bypass
prior public notice.
After issuing this AD, we may initiate further AD action (notice of
proposed rulemaking followed by a final rule) to require that you
repetitively inspect the elevator inner hinges on the stabilizer at
intervals not to exceed every 1,000 hours TIS. Credit will be given in
any subsequent action for the initial inspection done under this AD.
[/end quote]

BT