Yes…..really…..all day long. As long as ATC clears them, there is no restriction if a required piece of equipment for RVSM fails in flight. The difference between Dispatch (MEL) requirements and enroute.

Please show me one time where I ever indicated I knew what caused 111. I challenge you.

If you look back through the thread you’ll see I indicated from the first mention that no one knows what really caused it, any other assertion is merely wishful thinking on your part. It IS true that 111 is YET ANOTHER tragic and regrettable crash resulting in loss of life from the flawed DC10/MD11 series. I’m can’t figure out why you’re so combative and protective about “the airplane that killed off the Douglas Commercial airplane division” when it seems pretty apparent from the record that they’re pretty dangerous airplanes (see my graphic with the hull loss statistics from Boeing.

I’m not combative about the MD-11, I know it has it’s issues but I’ve been flying on it for 15 years at max take-off and landing weights and I’m still here. What i am “combative” about is some of the inane drivel you speak. This thread was about the retirement of KLMs airframes until it was hijacked by yourself and one other person. You obviously don’t have a pilot or engineering background reading some of your posts.

By the way, there’s also a big difference between a piece of RVSM-required equipment failing en-route and hand-flying!