Narrative:

[The company employs] a disproportionate amount of contact maintenance personnel. The contract maintenance personal work very hard and under much stress being dictated to performing multiple maintenance tasks at the behest of a very small cadre of [company] maintenance personal. It also appears that this small cadre of [company] maintenance employees work in a supervisory role. As a contracted maintenance employee; it has come to my attention; that they are not afforded direct access to the company safety reporting system in either [of the two available] systems. The only way a contracted mechanic can report a safety concern of the [company] operations is to go to a [company] employed mechanic (supervisor) and ask for access into the reporting system; presumably under that supervisors name access. If my understanding is correct; this approach could severely undermine the integrity of the overall safety reporting system and would create a gaping hole embedded within the [company's] safety system. If the [review board] can verify that contracted maintenance personnel who work for and on the aircraft that service the certificates under [company] have unimpeded access to the safety reporting system all would be better served and a better safety culture can coexist. Please if the [review board] can address the potential safety issues that potentially exists the safety system would be the better for the effort.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B767-300 Captain reported that company Contract Maintenance are not afforded direct access to the company reporting system.

Narrative: [The Company employs] a disproportionate amount of contact Maintenance personnel. The contract maintenance personal work very hard and under much stress being dictated to performing multiple maintenance tasks at the behest of a very small cadre of [Company] Maintenance personal. It also appears that this small cadre of [Company] Maintenance employees work in a supervisory role. As a contracted maintenance employee; it has come to my attention; that they are not afforded direct access to the company safety reporting system in either [of the two available] systems. The only way a contracted mechanic can report a safety concern of the [Company] operations is to go to a [Company] employed Mechanic (Supervisor) and ask for access into the reporting system; presumably under that supervisors name access. If my understanding is correct; this approach could severely undermine the integrity of the overall safety reporting system and would create a gaping hole embedded within the [Company's] Safety System. If the [Review Board] can verify that contracted maintenance personnel who work for and on the aircraft that service the certificates under [Company] have unimpeded access to the safety reporting system all would be better served and a better safety culture can coexist. Please if the [Review Board] can address the potential safety issues that potentially exists the safety system would be the better for the effort.

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.