While aircraft was on jacks and maintenance still not completed; the supervisor asked a mechanic to ...

Narrative:

It was brought to my attention that our supervisor instructed a mechanic to sign the airworthiness release on [an] aircraft while it was still on jacks having its nose landing gear bushing repaired by the mechanic. He replied that he would not sign it because the aircraft was not finished. Not satisfied with this answer he then proceeded to ask another mechanic to sign the ar (airworthiness release) not even knowing that he was not even qualified to accomplish said task. This is a violation of the gmm (general maintenance manual); deviation from company policies and procedures; non-compliance with regulations. The aircraft was repaired and released after the work was completed. Supervisor not knowing gmm and I am in charge do as I say mentality; lack of experience in a hurry to get paperwork done who knows; also has stated too me that the gmm is just a guide.this is a very dangerous situation since most of the people that work under him are new and might be afraid to question his authority. Very proud that they refused his request; this time. But next?

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: While aircraft was on jacks and maintenance still not completed; the Supervisor asked a Mechanic to sign the air worthiness release in order to expedite the paperwork. The Mechanic refused because it was not in compliance with procedures.

Narrative: It was brought to my attention that our supervisor instructed a mechanic to sign the airworthiness release on [an] aircraft while it was still on jacks having its nose landing gear bushing repaired by the mechanic. He replied that he would not sign it because the aircraft was not finished. Not satisfied with this answer he then proceeded to ask another mechanic to sign the AR (airworthiness release) not even knowing that he was not even qualified to accomplish said task. This is a violation of the GMM (General Maintenance Manual); deviation from company policies and procedures; non-compliance with regulations. The aircraft was repaired and released after the work was completed. Supervisor not knowing GMM and I am in charge do as I say mentality; lack of experience in a hurry to get paperwork done who knows; also has stated too me that the GMM is just a guide.This is a very dangerous situation since most of the people that work under him are new and might be afraid to question his authority. Very proud that they refused his request; this time. But next?

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.

Attributes
ACN	1321856
Time
Date	201512
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Regional Jet 900 (CRJ900)
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Nose Gear
Person 1
Function	Technician Inspector
Qualification	Maintenance Airframe Maintenance Inspection Authority Maintenance Powerplant
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

While aircraft was on jacks and maintenance still not completed; the supervisor asked a mechanic to sign the air worthiness release in order to expedite the paperwork. The mechanic refused because it was not in compliance with procedures.