Narrative:

Upon completing the aircraft exterior preflight and entering the jetway; I noticed maintenance was talking to my captain and the inbound pilot crew further up the jetway. After completing the interior cockpit preflight and logbook review; I determined that the aircraft was airworthy. After arriving at the gate at our destination; the captain said he would do the post-flight walkaround. As I came out of the cockpit; two flight attendants informed me that as the aircraft touched down on the runway; sparks flew from the outlet plug located in the forward galley; adjacent to the forward service door. At this time; the captain returned from the post-flight walkaround and I told the flight attendants to brief the captain on the sparks shooting from the outlet. I told the captain that we should document this as a defect in the aircraft logbook. The captain replied that he didn't think it was necessary; I told him that I felt it was required. After finally agreeing; the captain returned to the cockpit to make the necessary logbook entry. While he was doing that; the flight attendants told me that the inbound flight attendant crew in previous departure airport had informed them that upon landing; sparks flew from the same outlet. I asked for clarification from the flight attendants to make sure I understood correctly that this problem not only had just happened; but happened in the same way on the previous flight. They reiterated that my understanding was correct. At that point I asked the captain; 'were you aware of the outlet shooting sparks?' he replied; 'yes.' I asked him why he didn't document it in the logbook for maintenance resolution and brief me on the faulty outlet. The captain said he didn't think it was a big deal. I was not satisfied with that answer so I continued to press him for more information. He responded that after talking to maintenance and the previous flight crew before departure; he felt it wasn't a big deal and apparently felt that including me in this discussion wasn't necessary. I vehemently disagreed with the fact that the captain chose to make this decision without briefing me and documenting it in the aircraft logbook for proper maintenance resolution. Had I been aware of the faulty outlet in the previous airport; I would have refused to fly the aircraft until maintenance satisfactorily addressed the issue. In retrospect; it is abundantly clear that the captain's complete disregard for CRM and hazardous lack of judgment caused us to take an aircraft that was potentially not airworthy.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A First Officer objected to flying an aircraft with a forward galley electrical problem which the Flight Attendant alerted him about; then discovered that the Captain had known about the problem before the previous departure and chosen not to address it.

Narrative: Upon completing the aircraft exterior preflight and entering the jetway; I noticed Maintenance was talking to my Captain and the inbound pilot crew further up the jetway. After completing the interior cockpit preflight and logbook review; I determined that the aircraft was airworthy. After arriving at the gate at our destination; the Captain said he would do the post-flight walkaround. As I came out of the cockpit; two flight attendants informed me that as the aircraft touched down on the runway; sparks flew from the outlet plug located in the forward galley; adjacent to the forward service door. At this time; the Captain returned from the post-flight walkaround and I told the flight attendants to brief the Captain on the sparks shooting from the outlet. I told the Captain that we should document this as a defect in the aircraft logbook. The Captain replied that he didn't think it was necessary; I told him that I felt it was required. After finally agreeing; the Captain returned to the cockpit to make the necessary logbook entry. While he was doing that; the flight attendants told me that the inbound flight attendant crew in previous departure airport had informed them that upon landing; sparks flew from the same outlet. I asked for clarification from the flight attendants to make sure I understood correctly that this problem not only had just happened; but happened in the same way on the previous flight. They reiterated that my understanding was correct. At that point I asked the Captain; 'Were you aware of the outlet shooting sparks?' He replied; 'Yes.' I asked him why he didn't document it in the logbook for maintenance resolution and brief me on the faulty outlet. The Captain said he didn't think it was a big deal. I was not satisfied with that answer so I continued to press him for more information. He responded that after talking to Maintenance and the previous flight crew before departure; he felt it wasn't a big deal and apparently felt that including me in this discussion wasn't necessary. I vehemently disagreed with the fact that the Captain chose to make this decision without briefing me and documenting it in the aircraft logbook for proper maintenance resolution. Had I been aware of the faulty outlet in the previous airport; I would have refused to fly the aircraft until Maintenance satisfactorily addressed the issue. In retrospect; it is abundantly clear that the Captain's complete disregard for CRM and hazardous lack of judgment caused us to take an aircraft that was potentially not airworthy.

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.