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Two mechanics report they were led to believe by management that their general training qualified them as er and ETOPS trained; even though they would not dispatch their B777 as ETOPS category aircraft from their maintenance base.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 823491 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200902 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B777 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Other Documentation |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Technician |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Technician |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Maintenance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
I was made aware today (feb/xa/09) that I might have signed er/ETOPS critical paperwork on boeing 777 aircraft on dock and was not qualified. It was my understanding from local management that my general training qualified me as 'er/ETOPS trained' and that we would not dispatch boeing 777 er/ETOPS aircraft out of this maintenance base. This occurred starting oct/2008 to feb/2009. Supplemental information from acn 823494: I became aware today (feb/09) that I may have signed off er/ETOPS sensitive paperwork prior to jan/09 on the B777 without being ETOPS certified. First we were told that our general familiarization training certified us; then we were told by supervision that ETOPS does not apply to aircraft leaving this station.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Two Mechanics report they were led to believe by management that their general training qualified them as ER and ETOPS trained; even though they would not dispatch their B777 as ETOPS category aircraft from their maintenance base.
Narrative: I was made aware today (Feb/XA/09) that I might have signed ER/ETOPS critical paperwork on Boeing 777 aircraft on dock and was not qualified. It was my understanding from local management that my general training qualified me as 'ER/ETOPS Trained' and that we would not dispatch Boeing 777 ER/ETOPS aircraft out of this maintenance base. This occurred starting Oct/2008 to Feb/2009. Supplemental information from ACN 823494: I became aware today (Feb/09) that I may have signed off ER/ETOPS sensitive paperwork prior to Jan/09 on the B777 without being ETOPS certified. First we were told that our General Familiarization Training certified us; then we were told by supervision that ETOPS does not apply to aircraft leaving this station.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.