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Aci on jumpseat of medium large transport has problem with audio selector. Reporter concern reference not writing up or MEL the problem.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 200754 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199202 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : stl |
| State Reference | MO |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 10000 |
| ASRS Report | 200754 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : instrument pilot : commercial pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe non adherence : far other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : insufficient time |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Between legs with FAA inspector on jumpseat. The inspector informed me that his audio selector box was not working perfectly. The PA toggle would not select but he could hear the PA by selecting PA with transmitter rotary switch. So it would work ok. I let it pass. I was later thinking about it that I didn't know if he was expecting some action out of me (heart burn). My action would have to have been to MEL his audio box and remove him from the jump seat. Full plane he would have been left in stl instead of making it home to ind. I thought it was all perfectly safe but to save my heart burn (because you can't trust the FAA to be reasonable) I should have written it up and left him.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACI ON JUMPSEAT OF MLG HAS PROBLEM WITH AUDIO SELECTOR. RPTR CONCERN REF NOT WRITING UP OR MEL THE PROBLEM.
Narrative: BTWN LEGS WITH FAA INSPECTOR ON JUMPSEAT. THE INSPECTOR INFORMED ME THAT HIS AUDIO SELECTOR BOX WAS NOT WORKING PERFECTLY. THE PA TOGGLE WOULD NOT SELECT BUT HE COULD HEAR THE PA BY SELECTING PA WITH TRANSMITTER ROTARY SWITCH. SO IT WOULD WORK OK. I LET IT PASS. I WAS LATER THINKING ABOUT IT THAT I DIDN'T KNOW IF HE WAS EXPECTING SOME ACTION OUT OF ME (HEART BURN). MY ACTION WOULD HAVE TO HAVE BEEN TO MEL HIS AUDIO BOX AND REMOVE HIM FROM THE JUMP SEAT. FULL PLANE HE WOULD HAVE BEEN LEFT IN STL INSTEAD OF MAKING IT HOME TO IND. I THOUGHT IT WAS ALL PERFECTLY SAFE BUT TO SAVE MY HEART BURN (BECAUSE YOU CAN'T TRUST THE FAA TO BE REASONABLE) I SHOULD HAVE WRITTEN IT UP AND LEFT HIM.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.