B727 captain refuses aircraft due to deferred maintenance items at atl.

Attributes
ACN	413660
Time
Date	199809
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : atl
State Reference	GA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	Mixed
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : preflight
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B727 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : preflight
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 170 flight time total : 10500 flight time type : 3500
ASRS Report	413660
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	other personnel other oversight : supervisor
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Original aircraft had been written up by previous flight crew as 'at FL250 with throttles at flight idle, cabin climbed at 1220 FPM in automatic and 300 FPM in standby.' maintenance put #1 and #3 engine 13TH stage bleed-air modulating valves on mco with MEL. This write-off was absurd and told maintenance coordinator same. He agreed but said nothing would be done unless I refused aircraft. I did, and we were given another aircraft. This one had an autoplt inoperative'ed for altitude alert capture problem in one channel.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B727 CAPT REFUSES ACFT DUE TO DEFERRED MAINT ITEMS AT ATL.

Narrative: ORIGINAL ACFT HAD BEEN WRITTEN UP BY PREVIOUS FLC AS 'AT FL250 WITH THROTTLES AT FLT IDLE, CABIN CLBED AT 1220 FPM IN AUTO AND 300 FPM IN STANDBY.' MAINT PUT #1 AND #3 ENG 13TH STAGE BLEED-AIR MODULATING VALVES ON MCO WITH MEL. THIS WRITE-OFF WAS ABSURD AND TOLD MAINT COORDINATOR SAME. HE AGREED BUT SAID NOTHING WOULD BE DONE UNLESS I REFUSED ACFT. I DID, AND WE WERE GIVEN ANOTHER ACFT. THIS ONE HAD AN AUTOPLT INOP'ED FOR ALT ALERT CAPTURE PROB IN ONE CHANNEL.

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.