A maintenance technician reported that an air carrier pilot neglected to notify the appropriate pers...

Narrative:

Aircraft had maintenance done at ZZZ1 requiring a [confirmation] flight. The reported problem was with the aileron system. Aircraft was cleared for service and flown to ZZZ the following day. The aircraft had aileron control problems going into ZZZ and the pilot opted not to report the discrepancy; however he informed me that the problem was on the flight to ZZZ and he had decided to bring the airplane to ZZZ2. The pilot then flew the aircraft to ZZZ2 and reported the problem. The aircraft went OTS and had extensive work to the aileron/spoiler system. The pilot in spite of having reviewed the aircraft maintenance history ignored policies and procedures set in place by airline when he did not report the discrepancy in ZZZ. His complete disregard for the safety of the passengers; crew members; and potentially the safety of any number of persons on the ground as any accident/incident would involve unwilling participants. Provide reinforced training to the flight department covering the responsibility of pilots to put safety first in spite of schedule; crew layover; or return to home base prior to scheduled time off.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A Maintenance Technician reported that an Air Carrier pilot neglected to notify the appropriate personnel that he had an inbound flight control problem. Instead; he departed to the next station where he reported the aileron issues.

Narrative: Aircraft had maintenance done at ZZZ1 requiring a [confirmation] flight. The reported problem was with the aileron system. Aircraft was cleared for service and flown to ZZZ the following day. The aircraft had aileron control problems going into ZZZ and the pilot opted not to report the discrepancy; however he informed me that the problem was on the flight to ZZZ and he had decided to bring the airplane to ZZZ2. The pilot then flew the aircraft to ZZZ2 and reported the problem. The aircraft went OTS and had extensive work to the aileron/spoiler system. The pilot in spite of having reviewed the aircraft maintenance history ignored policies and procedures set in place by airline when he did not report the discrepancy in ZZZ. His complete disregard for the safety of the passengers; crew members; and potentially the safety of any number of persons on the ground as any accident/incident would involve unwilling participants. Provide reinforced training to the flight department covering the responsibility of pilots to put safety first in spite of schedule; crew layover; or return to home base prior to scheduled time off.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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	1219541
Time
Date	201411
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737-800
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Component
Aircraft Component	Aileron Control System
Person 1
Function	Technician
Qualification	Maintenance Airframe Maintenance Powerplant
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

A maintenance technician reported that an air carrier pilot neglected to notify the appropriate personnel that he had an inbound flight control problem. Instead; he departed to the next station where he reported the aileron issues.