It seems reasonable to carry a certain amount of maintenance parts and materials with a plane; smaller planes might frequently land at airports without full maintenance facilities, and FAA rules (as with any huge government organization) are applied across broad categories, rather than tailored to individual requirements.
So, yeah, I can see how the fact that a Ford Tri-Motor needs to carry the output of a third-world refinery because its engines leak oil like a '68 Beetle would translate to there being some oil cans on a transatlantic A330.
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Date: 2009-06-03 04:25 pm (UTC)So, yeah, I can see how the fact that a Ford Tri-Motor needs to carry the output of a third-world refinery because its engines leak oil like a '68 Beetle would translate to there being some oil cans on a transatlantic A330.