Narrative:

I was assigned to replace a main landing gear (medium large transport) brake on a B747-400 aircraft on the north ramp with mechanic Y. We printed the maintenance manual for brake replacement and the [associated] task document [that included sign-offs] for the brake change. After about one-half hour my partner was reassigned a different job and I was working alone. I than got two other mechanics to help and then; they were also reassigned. I was then working by myself and several supervisors were rushing me to complete the job as the aircraft was a departure for picking up passengers for an upcoming international summit. I completed the brake change per the paperwork and nowhere in the paperwork or the task document (T/D) does it state to have the torque arm inspected by an inspector. I was informed by management that I failed to flag the job for inspection per the new [expanded] inspection required checklist. Nowhere in the paperwork for this job does it say to have the [brake] torque rod inspected; we; at legacy carrier X; have never had to have an inspector check a main landing gear brake change and our legacy air carrier's rii list does not show this as an inspection item. The training I received from our [merged] company about the new expanded inspections lists and my responsibilities was inadequate. The training was rushed to us so the [merged] company could get a single operating certificate (soc). Most legacy air carrier X employees were told by management to read approximately 20-30 engineering documents that were delinquent [outdated]. This policy of requiring the mechanic to know every item on the new inspections list was poorly communicated to us.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A Line Mechanic reports a new; expanded Inspection Required Checklist for maintenance work accomplished that was implemented after their merger; was poorly communicated by Management and contributed to his missing an inspection item on a B747-400 brake change.

Narrative: I was assigned to replace a Main Landing Gear (MLG) brake on a B747-400 aircraft on the North Ramp with Mechanic Y. We printed the Maintenance Manual for brake replacement and the [associated] Task Document [that included sign-offs] for the brake change. After about one-half hour my partner was reassigned a different job and I was working alone. I than got two other mechanics to help and then; they were also reassigned. I was then working by myself and several supervisors were rushing me to complete the job as the aircraft was a departure for picking up passengers for an upcoming International Summit. I completed the brake change per the paperwork and nowhere in the paperwork or the Task Document (T/D) does it state to have the torque arm inspected by an Inspector. I was informed by Management that I failed to flag the job for Inspection per the new [expanded] Inspection Required Checklist. Nowhere in the paperwork for this job does it say to have the [brake] torque rod inspected; We; at Legacy Carrier X; have never had to have an Inspector check a Main Landing Gear brake change and our Legacy Air Carrier's RII list does not show this as an Inspection item. The training I received from our [merged] company about the new expanded Inspections lists and my responsibilities was inadequate. The training was rushed to us so the [merged] company could get a Single Operating Certificate (SOC). Most Legacy Air Carrier X employees were told by Management to read approximately 20-30 Engineering documents that were delinquent [outdated]. This policy of requiring the Mechanic to know every item on the new Inspections list was poorly communicated to us.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.