Bruce Wooldridge replied to John R. Kretsch:
In quoting IPC-A-610, "The minimum protrusion requirement is that the lead end
must be visible in the solder"

Here at aerojet, we had a similar problem, except that it was one in that the 
connector lead was just long enough to be "flush" with the top of the pad.
(12 layer rigid-flex-rigid, .1 thick)  
we used a note-  "the lead must be discernable in the solder joint"

Bill Gaines
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