A dispatcher reports airbus 300 MEL on yaw damper deferred inoperative does not give guidance on alt...

Attributes
ACN	548096
Time
Date	200205
Day	Wed
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : dxr.tower
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	other personnel
Qualification	other
ASRS Report	548096
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	other personnel other
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : person 1
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	FAA Company Chart Or Publication
Primary Problem	Ambiguous

Narrative:

A300 MEL 22-06 a and B yaw damper has an alternate rest on option B, but not on option a. Flight operations says it should have a restr of FL310. Flight operations also said there was change being sent to the FAA that would delete the ETOPS requirement but would have the FL310 restr. We have not been provided with any guidance to restrict the altitude to FL310.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A DISPATCHER RPTS AIRBUS 300 MEL ON YAW DAMPER DEFERRED INOP DOES NOT GIVE GUIDANCE ON ALT RESTRS.

Narrative: A300 MEL 22-06 A AND B YAW DAMPER HAS AN ALTERNATE REST ON OPTION B, BUT NOT ON OPTION A. FLT OPS SAYS IT SHOULD HAVE A RESTR OF FL310. FLT OPS ALSO SAID THERE WAS CHANGE BEING SENT TO THE FAA THAT WOULD DELETE THE ETOPS REQUIREMENT BUT WOULD HAVE THE FL310 RESTR. WE HAVE NOT BEEN PROVIDED WITH ANY GUIDANCE TO RESTRICT THE ALT TO FL310.

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.

A dispatcher reports airbus 300 MEL on yaw damper deferred inoperative does not give guidance on altitude restrs.