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These switches are operated at startup and shutdown. So pretty much daily. By pilots and likely maintenance crews. Such a defect with not to unnoticed for long

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It could have been unimportant to them

No it could not. Is your conclusion coming from a decade of piloting or maintaining commercial aircraft?

If not, why are you speculating with zero knowledge?

As hominem, did Captain Steeeeve's experience mean anything when he talked about the flaps?

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