@eee @MeBigbrain @rawsalerts IDK, could snowball really quickly if it turns out they all have issues. But this is a funky one, they closed off that exit b/c this seat layout doesn't legally need it or something.
I believe that the FAA has been very hands-off on boeing because the MAX grounding had such far - reaching economic effects. All their suppliers and sub contractors got absolutely blasted by the production line stopping for so long, and they simply can't handle it happening again any time soon. If they were to go grounding portions of the fleet again we incur serious losses in face, brand loyalty, reliability, and whatever. The chinks just BARELY accepted the max back in service over there for domestic ops, imagine them seeing another shut down.
So they'll keep jannying for boeing to make everything sound like it's just a tiny issue that doesn't affect anything.