Narrative:

In 9/90 I was scheduled with a check airman to complete my 25 hours line operation experience and line check as an airline's medium large transport captain. My assigned flight sequence that day was: flight den to dfw, flight dfw to phl, flight phl to ord. Flight den to dfw was schedule to have an FAA inspector on the jump seat. The completion of flight dfw-phl would satisfy the required 25 hours with a check airman in the right seat. Flight phl-ord was scheduled with a regular line first officer. The FAA inspector did not show up for flight den-dfw. During this flight I asked the check airman if he would be flying with me the entire day and if my flight with an FAA inspector would have to be rescheduled.. His answer was no, that he could complete the line check and I would be qualified as captain after successfully completing the 25 hours line operating experience. He also stated that I would probably get an FAA line check on one of my regularly scheduled flts. In-flight operations at phl, the check airman entered the line check into the computer, congratulated me and presented me a pair of captain wings before he left to catch a flight back home to dfw. About 1 hour later I pulled the flight plan and release for the flight out of the computer. It listed the ckp as captain. I called the dispatcher and informed him I had completed my loe and that the ckp had left for dfw. The dispatcher told me to cross out ckp name and print my name on the release. I then flew flight as captain with a regular line first officer. The next day manager of company airlines flight standards called to tell me that I still needed to fly with a check airman and an FAA inspector. He told me that the check airman had made a mistake when he told me that I was now qualified as captain. Both the check airman and company airlines flight manual part 1, section 3, page 7, paragraph 5B, led me to believe that I was qualified to serve as PIC of flight phl-ord.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AIRLINE CKP RELEASED A NEW CAPT WITHOUT HIS HAVING BEEN OBSERVED BY AN FAA ACI.

Narrative: IN 9/90 I WAS SCHEDULED WITH A CHK AIRMAN TO COMPLETE MY 25 HRS LINE OPERATION EXPERIENCE AND LINE CHK AS AN AIRLINE'S MLG CAPT. MY ASSIGNED FLT SEQUENCE THAT DAY WAS: FLT DEN TO DFW, FLT DFW TO PHL, FLT PHL TO ORD. FLT DEN TO DFW WAS SCHEDULE TO HAVE AN FAA INSPECTOR ON THE JUMP SEAT. THE COMPLETION OF FLT DFW-PHL WOULD SATISFY THE REQUIRED 25 HRS WITH A CHK AIRMAN IN THE RIGHT SEAT. FLT PHL-ORD WAS SCHEDULED WITH A REGULAR LINE F/O. THE FAA INSPECTOR DID NOT SHOW UP FOR FLT DEN-DFW. DURING THIS FLT I ASKED THE CHK AIRMAN IF HE WOULD BE FLYING WITH ME THE ENTIRE DAY AND IF MY FLT WITH AN FAA INSPECTOR WOULD HAVE TO BE RESCHEDULED.. HIS ANSWER WAS NO, THAT HE COULD COMPLETE THE LINE CHK AND I WOULD BE QUALIFIED AS CAPT AFTER SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETING THE 25 HRS LINE OPERATING EXPERIENCE. HE ALSO STATED THAT I WOULD PROBABLY GET AN FAA LINE CHK ON ONE OF MY REGULARLY SCHEDULED FLTS. INFLT OPS AT PHL, THE CHK AIRMAN ENTERED THE LINE CHK INTO THE COMPUTER, CONGRATULATED ME AND PRESENTED ME A PAIR OF CAPT WINGS BEFORE HE LEFT TO CATCH A FLT BACK HOME TO DFW. ABOUT 1 HR LATER I PULLED THE FLT PLAN AND RELEASE FOR THE FLT OUT OF THE COMPUTER. IT LISTED THE CKP AS CAPT. I CALLED THE DISPATCHER AND INFORMED HIM I HAD COMPLETED MY LOE AND THAT THE CKP HAD LEFT FOR DFW. THE DISPATCHER TOLD ME TO CROSS OUT CKP NAME AND PRINT MY NAME ON THE RELEASE. I THEN FLEW FLT AS CAPT WITH A REGULAR LINE F/O. THE NEXT DAY MGR OF COMPANY AIRLINES FLT STANDARDS CALLED TO TELL ME THAT I STILL NEEDED TO FLY WITH A CHK AIRMAN AND AN FAA INSPECTOR. HE TOLD ME THAT THE CHK AIRMAN HAD MADE A MISTAKE WHEN HE TOLD ME THAT I WAS NOW QUALIFIED AS CAPT. BOTH THE CHK AIRMAN AND COMPANY AIRLINES FLT MANUAL PART 1, SECTION 3, PAGE 7, PARAGRAPH 5B, LED ME TO BELIEVE THAT I WAS QUALIFIED TO SERVE AS PIC OF FLT PHL-ORD.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.