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A lead aircraft maintenance technician (amt) reports his air carrier management has stated they want the logbooks on-board ETOPS trips thirty minutes prior to departure. Creating artificial timelines is a detriment to safety and compliance. He also notes a shift manager has limited mechanics taxi/tow walkarounds to obvious damage and bird-strikes.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1201519 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201409 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Aircraft Logbook(s) |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Lead Technician |
| Qualification | Maintenance Airframe Maintenance Powerplant |
| Experience | Maintenance Lead Technician 3 Maintenance Technician 27 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
Management has stated they want the logbooks on-board ETOPS trips 30-minutes prior to departure. This is an unfair burden to me as an ETOPS lead mechanic; and a violation of critical behaviors. Yesterday; september 2014; management once again reiterated this policy. This time; however; supervisor X stated he was being pressured from shift manager X to get the ETOPS logbooks on-board 30-minutes prior to departure. Safety and compliance must be a priority over scheduling. Creating artificial timelines to get the logbook on-board to satisfy scheduling concerns is a detriment to safety and compliance. Furthermore; I was advised by a mechanic that shift manager Y has limited mechanics taxi/tow walkarounds to obvious damage and bird-strikes. This follows a mechanic documenting B757 brake cracks on three occasions. The cracks on the brake's faceplate is a known defect and can easily be seen through the wheel spokes. This is another example of ZZZ management favoring scheduling over safety.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A Lead Aircraft Maintenance Technician (AMT) reports his Air Carrier Management has stated they want the Logbooks on-board ETOPS trips thirty minutes prior to departure. Creating artificial timelines is a detriment to safety and compliance. He also notes a Shift Manager has limited mechanics Taxi/Tow walkarounds to obvious damage and bird-strikes.
Narrative: Management has stated they want the Logbooks on-board ETOPS trips 30-minutes prior to departure. This is an unfair burden to me as an ETOPS Lead Mechanic; and a violation of critical behaviors. Yesterday; September 2014; Management once again reiterated this policy. This time; however; Supervisor X stated he was being pressured from Shift Manager X to get the ETOPS logbooks on-board 30-minutes prior to departure. Safety and compliance must be a priority over scheduling. Creating artificial timelines to get the Logbook on-board to satisfy scheduling concerns is a detriment to safety and compliance. Furthermore; I was advised by a Mechanic that Shift Manager Y has limited mechanics taxi/tow walkarounds to obvious damage and bird-strikes. This follows a Mechanic documenting B757 brake cracks on three occasions. The cracks on the brake's faceplate is a known defect and can easily be seen through the wheel spokes. This is another example of ZZZ Management favoring scheduling over safety.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.