For instance, while I have no problem installing an equivalent lead-acid battery if I can’t find the exact model listed in the MEL doc , I will not install a lithium battery instead and not because I want to follow LOAs but rather because I am not in position to evaluate if this thing is actually safe within the relevant context.
Of course, I have seen arguments being made that drilling that first unapproved hole in your panel will trigger the process of inevitable continuity that will ultimately lead one to a bad place.
In other words, if you cross the Rubicon with that first hole, it is just a matter of time before you start hanging turbine engines on your wings …
I reject this argument since , generally , great majority of people come equipped with a natural firewall – our common sense
… abundance of which is required for safe flying in the first place.I guess what I am trying to say that this is not the case of “ it is my plane and I will show them exactly where they can stick their LOA rules ..” but rather rational evaluation while making informed decisions on what is absolutely vital and what is just a result of bureaucratic consistency.