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An A319 flight crew became aware of a change in the manner in which their autoland status was to be confirmed only as a result of an e-mail message from their union to their smart phones. The change had been implemented by the company prior to programming of the company's maintenance computers to comply with the requirement.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 981988 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201111 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A319 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Other Documentation |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 220 Flight Crew Total 14000 Flight Crew Type 9000 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
We had missed the newly bulletined requirement that; as of this morning; the company initiated without advance warning the need to confirm the autoland category status of the aircraft on our maintenance release instead of by reliance on the cockpit placard. As a result; I failed to note that our release did not have the category status on it prior to flight.after learning of the change through a union e-mail sent after the flight; the captain confirmed with maintenance control that we not only needed a new maintenance release; but also an ACARS message from the on duty flight manager since the company had initiated a change requirement without even completing the system computer programming changes or providing any advance notification of upcoming changes to our procedures.if this corporation is concerned about safety; this would have been communicated in advance and implemented only after necessary maintenance computer programming steps had been completed.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An A319 flight crew became aware of a change in the manner in which their autoland status was to be confirmed only as a result of an e-mail message from their union to their smart phones. The change had been implemented by the company prior to programming of the company's maintenance computers to comply with the requirement.
Narrative: We had missed the newly bulletined requirement that; as of this morning; the company initiated without advance warning the need to confirm the autoland category status of the aircraft on our Maintenance release instead of by reliance on the cockpit placard. As a result; I failed to note that our release did not have the category status on it prior to flight.After learning of the change through a union e-mail sent after the flight; the Captain confirmed with Maintenance Control that we not only needed a new Maintenance release; but also an ACARS message from the on duty Flight Manager since the company had initiated a change requirement without even completing the system computer programming changes or providing any advance notification of upcoming changes to our procedures.If this corporation is concerned about safety; this would have been communicated in advance and implemented only after necessary maintenance computer programming steps had been completed.
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.