A B757-200 captain alleges his air carrier's priorities are misdirected and their policy of flying t...

Narrative:

The day before scheduled to fly ZZZ to ZZZ1 while checking maintenance history for a B757-200; I discovered a deferred item; for an inoperative PCU. After lengthy discussion with maintenance control; I concluded they were unable or unwilling to schedule a maintenance event to fix this problem. This item was written up in july 2009. As of three days later; current routing showed over 20 flights scheduled with 10 of them through maintenance bases. According to current routing; the only maintenance scheduled is at ZZZ2 on the 31st with contract maintenance for cabin write-ups only. In my opinion; this policy of flying aircraft around the system; repeatedly in and out of maintenance bases while failing to address serious mechanical write ups is irresponsible; dangerous and unnecessary. Yet we find time to schedule cabin maintenance. While I agree the 757 cabins are in grave need of overhaul; I suggest our priorities are misdirected.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B757-200 Captain alleges his air carrier's priorities are misdirected and their policy of flying their aircraft around the system; repeatedly in and out of maintenance bases; while failing to address serious mechanical write-ups; should be reviewed.

Narrative: The day before scheduled to fly ZZZ to ZZZ1 while checking Maintenance history for a B757-200; I discovered a Deferred Item; for an inoperative PCU. After lengthy discussion with Maintenance Control; I concluded they were unable or unwilling to schedule a maintenance event to fix this problem. This item was written up in July 2009. As of three days later; current routing showed over 20 flights scheduled with 10 of them through Maintenance Bases. According to current routing; the only Maintenance scheduled is at ZZZ2 on the 31st with Contract Maintenance for Cabin Write-ups only. In my opinion; this policy of flying aircraft around the system; repeatedly in and out of Maintenance Bases while failing to address serious mechanical write ups is irresponsible; dangerous and unnecessary. Yet we find time to schedule Cabin Maintenance. While I agree the 757 cabins are in grave need of overhaul; I suggest our priorities are misdirected.

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.

Attributes
ACN	845412
Time
Date	200907
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B757-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Hydraulic System
Person 1
Function	Captain
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 150 Flight Crew Total 12000 Flight Crew Type 1200
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

A B757-200 captain alleges his air carrier's priorities are misdirected and their policy of flying their aircraft around the system; repeatedly in and out of maintenance bases; while failing to address serious mechanical write-ups; should be reviewed.