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by arccy 370 days ago
They could both point to poor maintenance by the airline
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In other words, they are the "No green jellybeans" clause, proving the vendor didn't thoroughly check all the details.

I'm a system engineer - the hardware kind, not the more familiar network kind - and that is my job.

While obviously the color and type of candy does not matter and I understood the reference, I can't find anything on google when I look for "no green jellybeans" so I wanted to link what you are referring to which is the "No brown M&M" clause that Van Halen had in their contracts:

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/brown-out/

Air India has a long history of poor maintenance. Not many crashes, but lots of reports of poor cabin maintenance, broken electronics, air conditioning not working, etc.
Is the inflight map for the passengers on the minimum equipment list?