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Mechanic reporter complains of airline maintenance procedure that he performed was unsatisfactory to company ground personnel supervisor and calls it harassment.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 242230 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199305 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : ord |
| State Reference | IL |
| 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 |
| Navigation In Use | Other |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked |
| Flight Plan | None |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | other personnel other |
| Qualification | other other : other |
| ASRS Report | 242230 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | other personnel other oversight : supervisor |
| Qualification | other other : other |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : critical non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : unspecified |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Aircraft |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Airlines harassing my sign-off of #1 reverser per MEL. All procedures followed during deferral, after an evaluation of initial deferral action by a subcontract FBO in new orleans. Management harassment of the methods and proper procedure used by me. The initial deferral of reverser was done by a contract firm in new orleans. Complete evaluation of proper deferral by the contractor was done by me at ord. Aircraft left ord within compliance of MEL procedures. Initial date of action was may/mon/93. Management questions, etc, occurred on may/sun/93, 3 weeks later.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: MECH RPTR COMPLAINS OF AIRLINE MAINT PROC THAT HE PERFORMED WAS UNSATISFACTORY TO CGP SUPVR AND CALLS IT HARASSMENT.
Narrative: AIRLINES HARASSING MY SIGN-OFF OF #1 REVERSER PER MEL. ALL PROCS FOLLOWED DURING DEFERRAL, AFTER AN EVALUATION OF INITIAL DEFERRAL ACTION BY A SUBCONTRACT FBO IN NEW ORLEANS. MGMNT HARASSMENT OF THE METHODS AND PROPER PROC USED BY ME. THE INITIAL DEFERRAL OF REVERSER WAS DONE BY A CONTRACT FIRM IN NEW ORLEANS. COMPLETE EVALUATION OF PROPER DEFERRAL BY THE CONTRACTOR WAS DONE BY ME AT ORD. ACFT LEFT ORD WITHIN COMPLIANCE OF MEL PROCS. INITIAL DATE OF ACTION WAS MAY/MON/93. MGMNT QUESTIONS, ETC, OCCURRED ON MAY/SUN/93, 3 WKS LATER.
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.