Narrative:

I was assigned to work [this] aircraft. I was also assigned other turnaround trips which required me attending to first due to their scheduled departure times. [This aircraft] had arrived with three pages of inbound items and several items assigned on the bill of work (bow). I proceeded to assess the inbound items one in particular the flight crew rest area (fcr) door. My partner had gone to the aircraft and called me to inform me the fcr door was in fact jammed shut. I pulled a history and found this was a fourth time repeat item; with a fifth item for a missing trim on that very door. I then proceeded to call tech to discuss the issue at hand. There is an MEL relief for this item (MEL 25). Tech expressed his concerns and I agreed with him; option a; leaving the door intact would not alleviate the possibility of a crew member becoming trapped in flight. We both looked into option B which removes the door and stows it rendering the fcr unusable through [an] MEL; and limits crew duty times reference MEL 25. Tech and I were conferring with dispatch to see if this was a viable option. It was at this time I was approached by supervisor and told to 'get with tech crew chief and go out to the plane.' I explained to him I was in the process of resolving it with tech and dispatch on the phone. He became irate and told me to go to the plane now or he would have me removed from the aircraft. I once again explained I was on the phone with tech and dispatch. He then accused me [of] sabotage by only trying to ground the aircraft. He then approached crew chief and once again accused me of sabotage and demanded I be removed from the assignment. The accusation of sabotage is one I take very seriously and could not be further from the truth; safety of the crew and passengers is my primary concern. I was simply trying to accomplish the task at hand in accordance with [the airline] published MEL paperwork.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A Mechanic reported while in the process of getting authorization to defer a Crew Rest Area door on a B777; a Supervisor became irate and removed him from the assignment.

Narrative: I was assigned to work [this] aircraft. I was also assigned other turnaround trips which required me attending to first due to their scheduled departure times. [This aircraft] had arrived with three pages of inbound items and several items assigned on the Bill of Work (BOW). I proceeded to assess the inbound items one in particular the Flight Crew Rest area (FCR) door. My partner had gone to the aircraft and called me to inform me the FCR door was in fact jammed shut. I pulled a history and found this was a fourth time repeat item; with a fifth item for a missing trim on that very door. I then proceeded to call Tech to discuss the issue at hand. There is an MEL relief for this item (MEL 25). Tech expressed his concerns and I agreed with him; option A; leaving the door intact would not alleviate the possibility of a crew member becoming trapped in flight. We both looked into option B which removes the door and stows it rendering the FCR unusable through [an] MEL; and limits crew duty times REF MEL 25. Tech and I were conferring with dispatch to see if this was a viable option. It was at this time I was approached by supervisor and told to 'Get with Tech crew chief and go out to the plane.' I explained to him I was in the process of resolving it with Tech and dispatch on the phone. He became irate and told me to go to the plane now or he would have me removed from the aircraft. I once again explained I was on the phone with Tech and dispatch. He then accused me [of] sabotage by only trying to ground the aircraft. He then approached crew chief and once again accused me of sabotage and demanded I be removed from the assignment. The accusation of sabotage is one I take very seriously and could not be further from the truth; safety of the crew and passengers is my primary concern. I was simply trying to accomplish the task at hand in accordance with [the airline] published MEL paperwork.

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.