CRJ700 captain was informed after landing by a deadheading mechanic that four rows of seats were not...

Narrative:

I did a round trip on this aircraft. Upon arriving at the gate I was advised that one of our mechanics was riding as a passenger on the flight and noticed that the passenger seats weren't installed properly and informed me that we needed to call maintenance. Our mechanic found 4 rows of seats that weren't bolted into the side of the aircraft. Upon reviewing the maintenance history I noted that on two previous occasions; 12 days apart; there were similar write ups for different rows.I am not sure why it occurred; but I was hoping the company could look into this. I do know that I am the final authority for determining the airworthiness of the airplane. There is no way that this airplane was worthy of passenger service and I would have never put passengers on if I had known there was this problem. It seems that this problem existed and was undetected for almost a month.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CRJ700 Captain was informed after landing by a deadheading Mechanic that four rows of seats were not bolted to the side wall as required. Examination of the logbook indicates that other seat rows were discovered to be incorrectly installed on two previous occasions over a four week time frame.

Narrative: I did a round trip on this aircraft. Upon arriving at the gate I was advised that one of our Mechanics was riding as a passenger on the flight and noticed that the passenger seats weren't installed properly and informed me that we needed to call Maintenance. Our Mechanic found 4 rows of seats that weren't bolted into the side of the aircraft. Upon reviewing the maintenance history I noted that on two previous occasions; 12 days apart; there were similar write ups for different rows.I am not sure why it occurred; but I was hoping the company could look into this. I do know that I am the final authority for determining the airworthiness of the airplane. There is no way that this airplane was worthy of passenger service and I would have never put passengers on if I had known there was this problem. It seems that this problem existed and was undetected for almost a month.

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	882099
Time
Date	201004
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Regional Jet 700 ER/LR (CRJ700)
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Pax Seat
Person 1
Function	Captain
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Maintenance

CRJ700 captain was informed after landing by a deadheading mechanic that four rows of seats were not bolted to the side wall as required. Examination of the logbook indicates that other seat rows were discovered to be incorrectly installed on two previous occasions over a four week time frame.