Air carrier captain reported that the over-wing doors were not armed and the aircraft had been flown...

Attributes
ACN	1746434
Time
Date	202006
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
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	Escape Slide
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine
Person 2
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

During my before start flow on the door/oxy page I found that the over-wing exits were not 'armed' maintenance was summoned and after much investigation it was discovered that the airplane was taken out of storage a few days prior. When the airplanes are 'mothballed' a pin is installed in the blow bottle for the slide so that they are not inadvertently deployed. What I find disturbing is this airplane was being flown for a number of days with the over-wing exits unarmed! Very unsafe and illegal.nothing causal just our normal flows/procedures. In these trying times we have pay special attention to proper north numbers; logbook numbers match; databases are up to date etc.slow down! Look over the release; do a thorough preflight check. Make sure maintenance has put the proper notations in the logbook i.e. Gear pins removed; pitot static covers removed and emergency exit window bottle pins removed!

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air carrier Captain reported that the over-wing doors were not armed and the aircraft had been flown for several days in this condition. The aircraft had recently come from storage and the escape slides had not been enabled for deployment by Maintenance.

Narrative: During my before start flow on the door/oxy page I found that the over-wing exits were not 'ARMED' Maintenance was summoned and after much investigation it was discovered that the airplane was taken out of storage a few days prior. When the airplanes are 'mothballed' a pin is installed in the blow bottle for the slide so that they are not inadvertently deployed. What I find disturbing is this airplane was being flown for a number of days with the over-wing exits unarmed! Very unsafe and illegal.Nothing causal just our normal flows/procedures. In these trying times we have pay special attention to proper N numbers; logbook numbers match; databases are up to date etc.Slow down! Look over the release; do a thorough preflight check. Make sure Maintenance has put the proper notations in the logbook i.e. gear pins removed; pitot static covers removed and Emergency Exit window bottle pins removed!

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.

Air carrier captain reported that the over-wing doors were not armed and the aircraft had been flown for several days in this condition. The aircraft had recently come from storage and the escape slides had not been enabled for deployment by maintenance.