Captain of an mgl carried a flight attendant on a maintenance special permit ferry flight.

Attributes
ACN	299574
Time
Date	199503
Day	Fri
Place
Locale Reference	airport : swf
State Reference	NY
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-80 Super 80
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	ground : preflight
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	299574
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	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	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Flight attendant on ferry flight. I allowed flight attendants on a ferry flight because I had difficulty understanding the message. Flight manual part 1 uses the following terms in different ways to confuse their meaning, pilot flight crew, cockpit crewmember, crewmember, flight crew member (3 words), and flight crew members (2 words). I also thought we would be operating as a positioning ferry flight for maintenance (section 14 part 3) not maintenance and special permit ferries (section 14 part 4) MM.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CAPT OF AN MGL CARRIED A FLT ATTENDANT ON A MAINT SPECIAL PERMIT FERRY FLT.

Narrative: FLT ATTENDANT ON FERRY FLT. I ALLOWED FLT ATTENDANTS ON A FERRY FLT BECAUSE I HAD DIFFICULTY UNDERSTANDING THE MESSAGE. FLT MANUAL PART 1 USES THE FOLLOWING TERMS IN DIFFERENT WAYS TO CONFUSE THEIR MEANING, PLT FLC, COCKPIT CREWMEMBER, CREWMEMBER, FLC MEMBER (3 WORDS), AND FLC MEMBERS (2 WORDS). I ALSO THOUGHT WE WOULD BE OPERATING AS A POSITIONING FERRY FLIGHT FOR MAINT (SECTION 14 PART 3) NOT MAINT AND SPECIAL PERMIT FERRIES (SECTION 14 PART 4) MM.

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.