Narrative:

After arriving at the aircraft at the concourse; I completed the flight compartment safety inspection and turnaround checklists and found that when the parking brake was physically set the parking brake on advisory message would sometimes not appear. So I made an entry in the aircraft maintenance logbook and a mechanic came out to the aircraft. The mechanic went to the cockpit and I went back to the cabin. A few mins later; the mechanic left the cockpit; told me it 'worked like a champ' and exited the aircraft while carrying the aircraft maintenance logbook. I then took my seat in the cockpit. There was no 'maintenance in progress' tags displayed and everything appeared normal. So I actuated the parking brake several times to ensure it was fixed. And that is when another mechanic came to the cockpit and angrily told me that I was not to be moving the controls because maintenance was not yet complete. I was then told never to touch anything until the aircraft maintenance logbook was signed off and in my hands. I will certainly comply; however; it has been common practice for our mechanics to fix an item and then take the aircraft maintenance logbook back to their truck to complete the paperwork while we pilots resume readying the aircraft for departure.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A CRJ200 CAPT CHKED THE PARKING BRAKE AFTER MAINT HAD CLRED THE PARKING BRAKE ADVISORY LIGHT RPT. TECHNICIAN ADVISED THE CAPT ANGRILY NOT TO ACTIVATE ANY CTLS UNTIL THE LOGBOOK IS CLRED.

Narrative: AFTER ARRIVING AT THE ACFT AT THE CONCOURSE; I COMPLETED THE FLT COMPARTMENT SAFETY INSPECTION AND TURNAROUND CHKLISTS AND FOUND THAT WHEN THE PARKING BRAKE WAS PHYSICALLY SET THE PARKING BRAKE ON ADVISORY MESSAGE WOULD SOMETIMES NOT APPEAR. SO I MADE AN ENTRY IN THE ACFT MAINT LOGBOOK AND A MECH CAME OUT TO THE ACFT. THE MECH WENT TO THE COCKPIT AND I WENT BACK TO THE CABIN. A FEW MINS LATER; THE MECH LEFT THE COCKPIT; TOLD ME IT 'WORKED LIKE A CHAMP' AND EXITED THE ACFT WHILE CARRYING THE ACFT MAINT LOGBOOK. I THEN TOOK MY SEAT IN THE COCKPIT. THERE WAS NO 'MAINT IN PROGRESS' TAGS DISPLAYED AND EVERYTHING APPEARED NORMAL. SO I ACTUATED THE PARKING BRAKE SEVERAL TIMES TO ENSURE IT WAS FIXED. AND THAT IS WHEN ANOTHER MECH CAME TO THE COCKPIT AND ANGRILY TOLD ME THAT I WAS NOT TO BE MOVING THE CTLS BECAUSE MAINT WAS NOT YET COMPLETE. I WAS THEN TOLD NEVER TO TOUCH ANYTHING UNTIL THE ACFT MAINT LOGBOOK WAS SIGNED OFF AND IN MY HANDS. I WILL CERTAINLY COMPLY; HOWEVER; IT HAS BEEN COMMON PRACTICE FOR OUR MECHS TO FIX AN ITEM AND THEN TAKE THE ACFT MAINT LOGBOOK BACK TO THEIR TRUCK TO COMPLETE THE PAPERWORK WHILE WE PLTS RESUME READYING THE ACFT FOR DEP.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.