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Maintenance technician reported being pressured to reinstall a known inoperative part when the replacement part was unavailable.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1632957 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201903 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Powerplant Fire Extinguishing |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Technician |
| Qualification | Maintenance Airframe Maintenance Powerplant |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural FAR |
Narrative:
Number 1 engine; number 2 squib was removed to comply with [log write up]. Replacement squib could not be located or shipped. Direct supervisor instructed technicians to reinstall known bad part. Technicians being intimidated to do tasks that are unethical and unsafe are unacceptable; just to get the aircraft out. This seems to be a recurring issue on midnight shift.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Maintenance Technician reported being pressured to reinstall a known inoperative part when the replacement part was unavailable.
Narrative: Number 1 engine; Number 2 squib was removed to comply with [log write up]. Replacement squib could not be located or shipped. Direct supervisor instructed technicians to reinstall known bad part. Technicians being intimidated to do tasks that are unethical and unsafe are unacceptable; just to get the aircraft out. This seems to be a recurring issue on midnight shift.
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.