A flight attendant reports about finding another A320 with two main cabin doors; 1L and 2L; with doo...

Narrative:

Yesterday I had another issue with an A320 where 2 doors; 1L and 2L; with low door pressure gauges and the aircraft had just arrived. When the mechanics came onboard; one said that the company has hired outside vendors and that these and other issues are becoming a problem. While the head of airbus maintenance for my carrier may have addressed the issue of the doors with a new chart; if the outside vendors continue to do a poor job; I am going to continue to find doors out there that have low door pressure gauges. Yesterday; the aircraft arrived with one door gauge needle at 1200 psi. Unacceptable. Of course our mechanics addressed the issue on the spot. But what if I was not there? How many flights would this aircraft would have gone through with the gauge at 1200 psi? When will this end?

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A Flight Attendant reports about finding another A320 with two main cabin doors; 1L and 2L; with door pressure gauges reading low; which are a 'No-Go' item. Contract vendors performing cabin door maintenance continue to be an issue.

Narrative: Yesterday I had another issue with an A320 where 2 doors; 1L and 2L; with low door pressure gauges and the aircraft had just arrived. When the mechanics came onboard; one said that the company has hired outside vendors and that these and other issues are becoming a problem. While the head of Airbus Maintenance for my carrier may have addressed the issue of the doors with a new chart; if the outside vendors continue to do a poor job; I am going to continue to find doors out there that have low door pressure gauges. Yesterday; the aircraft arrived with one door gauge needle at 1200 psi. Unacceptable. Of course our mechanics addressed the issue on the spot. But what if I was not there? How many flights would this aircraft would have gone through with the gauge at 1200 psi? When will this end?

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	848984
Time
Date	200908
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A320
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Exterior Pax/Crew Door
Person 1
Function	Flight Attendant (On Duty)
Qualification	Flight Attendant Current
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Maintenance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

A flight attendant reports about finding another A320 with two main cabin doors; 1L and 2L; with door pressure gauges reading low; which are a 'no-go' item. Contract vendors performing cabin door maintenance continue to be an issue.