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A lead and two mechanics report they were led to believe by management they were not required to be er or ETOPS certified to work on their B777 ETOPS aircraft.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 823495 |
| 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 | Lead Technician |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | Technician |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Maintenance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
It has come to my attention that I may have signed for and/or assigned mechanics to perform work on and; therefore; sign for work accomplished on er or ETOPS sensitive aircraft. I had been convinced by supervision that we were not required to be ETOPS qualified and the aircraft were; therefore; not released as er or ETOPS certified. I now understand this was wrong and have completed the ETOPS awareness training required per the general manual. The period of concern is from dec/08 until jan/09 at such time I completed this training. Supplemental information from acn 823496: we were told by management that the aircraft were not being released for er service from here; therefore; all we needed was B777 general class. We were led to believe that we were qualified to perform the work. Supplemental information from acn 823497: I have become aware that I may have signed off an er/ETOPS sensitive maintenance task without being fully qualified. Since we started working on the B777 we were told that the general training was sufficient.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A Lead and two Mechanics report they were led to believe by management they were not required to be ER or ETOPS certified to work on their B777 ETOPS aircraft.
Narrative: It has come to my attention that I may have signed for and/or assigned Mechanics to perform work on and; therefore; sign for work accomplished on ER or ETOPS sensitive aircraft. I had been convinced by supervision that we were not required to be ETOPS qualified and the aircraft were; therefore; not released as ER or ETOPS certified. I now understand this was wrong and have completed the ETOPS awareness training required per the General Manual. The period of concern is from Dec/08 until Jan/09 at such time I completed this training. Supplemental information from ACN 823496: We were told by management that the aircraft were not being released for ER service from here; therefore; all we needed was B777 general class. We were led to believe that we were qualified to perform the work. Supplemental information from ACN 823497: I have become aware that I may have signed off an ER/ETOPS sensitive maintenance task without being fully qualified. Since we started working on the B777 we were told that the general training was sufficient.
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.