Pilot reports that after he wrote-up the green hydraulic system on an A319 aircraft for being over s...

Narrative:

I wrote up the green hydraulic system as being over serviced. A mechanic came to the cockpit shortly thereafter and asked did you power up the green hydraulic system and cycle the controls? I told him number one that won't fix the problem and number two that's not my job. He then left without saying anything. 5-10 minutes later another mechanic comes to the cockpit and says I'm going to power up the hydraulics and cycle the controls; to which I said don't you want clearance from ground to ensure nobody gets hurt around any moving parts? Ah; we do this all the time and nobody has gotten hurt. I then said stop what you are doing until I'm off the aircraft. I then stood in the jetway until they said they were done. I re-entered the cockpit to find the yellow [system hydraulic] pump turned on. I turned the pump off. The potential to hurt someone via moving doors and flight controls is a concern. Maintenance coordination/communication.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Pilot reports that after he wrote-up the Green Hydraulic System on an A319 aircraft for being over serviced; a Mechanic operated the flight controls without clearance from ground. The potential to hurt someone via moving doors and flight controls was his concern.

Narrative: I wrote up the Green hydraulic system as being over serviced. A mechanic came to the cockpit shortly thereafter and asked did you power up the Green hydraulic system and cycle the controls? I told him number one that won't fix the problem and number two that's not my job. He then left without saying anything. 5-10 minutes later another mechanic comes to the cockpit and says I'm going to power up the hydraulics and cycle the controls; to which I said don't you want clearance from ground to ensure nobody gets hurt around any moving parts? Ah; we do this all the time and nobody has gotten hurt. I then said stop what you are doing until I'm off the aircraft. I then stood in the jetway until they said they were done. I re-entered the cockpit to find the Yellow [System hydraulic] pump turned on. I turned the pump off. The potential to hurt someone via moving doors and flight controls is a concern. Maintenance Coordination/Communication.

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Attributes
ACN	1231881
Time
Date	201501
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A319
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Hydraulic Syst Reservoir Tank
Person 1
Function	Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Pilot reports that after he wrote-up the green hydraulic system on an A319 aircraft for being over serviced; a mechanic operated the flight controls without clearance from ground. The potential to hurt someone via moving doors and flight controls was his concern.