Narrative:

The aircraft I was assigned; aircraft X; arrived on [date] with a scheduled departure on [3 days later]. I; and the amt I was paired with; installed pitot probe covers on the night of [date]; and created an open entry in the aml for this maintenance action. The [staff] were instructed by our base manager to transfer the item to the following log page; and release the aircraft as airworthy. I believe this is in direct violation of crash fire rescue equipment 121.709 as they declared the aircraft as airworthy knowing that the aircraft was in fact not. With aircraft being parked on the ground for extended periods of time; pitot/static covers have been installed [in accordance with general procedures manual] on varying aircraft during this time. Due to complaints from the planning department; and other shifts; [overnight maintenance] personnel have been instructed to release aircraft as airworthy and transcribe any open maintenance entries for pitot covers to the following log page. This is a violation of crash fire rescue equipment 121.709 as the person releasing the aircraft as airworthy knows and fully understands that the aircraft is not airworthy in its current configuration. Providing more clear procedures on what action should be taken in the aml for open items related to installation of pitot covers; or extended on ground maintenance operations. Or to have planning create long term [overnight bill of work request] for any aircraft scheduled to be on the ground longer than 48 hours; so an airworthiness release is not necessary until all open aml items (pitot covers included) are closed.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Technician reported disagreement over procedures for releasing an aircraft for service after an extended maintenance event with an open logbook item.

Narrative: The aircraft I was assigned; Aircraft X; arrived on [date] with a scheduled departure on [3 days later]. I; and the AMT I was paired with; installed Pitot Probe covers on the night of [date]; and created an open entry in the AML for this Maintenance Action. The [staff] were instructed by our Base Manager to transfer the item to the following log page; and release the aircraft as airworthy. I believe this is in direct violation of CFR 121.709 as they declared the aircraft as airworthy knowing that the aircraft was in fact not. With aircraft being parked on the ground for extended periods of time; Pitot/Static Covers have been installed [in accordance with General Procedures Manual] on varying aircraft during this time. Due to complaints from the planning department; and other shifts; [overnight maintenance] personnel have been instructed to release aircraft as airworthy and transcribe any open maintenance entries for Pitot Covers to the following log page. This is a violation of CFR 121.709 as the person releasing the aircraft as airworthy knows and fully understands that the aircraft is not airworthy in its current configuration. Providing more clear procedures on what action should be taken in the AML for open items related to installation of Pitot Covers; or extended on ground Maintenance operations. Or to have planning create Long Term [overnight Bill of Work request] for any aircraft scheduled to be on the ground longer than 48 Hours; so an airworthiness release is not necessary until ALL Open AML Items (Pitot Covers included) are closed.

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.