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Technician reported that a lack of qualified personnel is causing delays and excessive workload.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1694339 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201910 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B787 Dreamliner Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Technician |
| Qualification | Maintenance Airframe Maintenance Powerplant |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
There are insufficient amount of B787 qualified technicians in [company] to meet the needs of service. We now have 8 to 11 B787 through flights a day and the lack of qualified techs in [company] hinder and have a negative effect on the operation. On top of this; we have technicians that do not even have an a/P license which again has a negative impact on the assignments and the operation as well as placing the undue responsibility on those that are qualified.everyone should at minimum; hold an a/P license to work in [company]. More B787 classes should be made available for either signing up or junior manning technicians to these classes.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Technician reported that a lack of qualified personnel is causing delays and excessive workload.
Narrative: There are insufficient amount of B787 qualified technicians in [Company] to meet the needs of service. We now have 8 to 11 B787 through flights a day and the lack of qualified techs in [Company] hinder and have a negative effect on the operation. On top of this; we have technicians that do not even have an A/P license which again has a negative impact on the assignments and the operation as well as placing the undue responsibility on those that are qualified.Everyone should at minimum; hold an A/P license to work in [Company]. More B787 classes should be made available for either signing up or junior manning technicians to these classes.
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.