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Air carrier captain reported aircraft had inoperative cabin cooling and was re-assigned to another flight crew.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1677982 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201908 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Large Transport |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Fire/Overheat Warning |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Multiengine Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 385 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
During aircraft change to gate XXX for flight from ZZZ to ZZZ1; release noted aircraft MEL'd (minimum equipment list) with inoperative wing body overheat detection; limited to fl 240; one pack operation. Inbound captain noted aircraft was warm; but they came from a location at 65 degrees. ZZZ was 106 plus on the ramp. Inbound captain said they tried to get swapped but company refused request. I checked gate service's air; and cockpit was above 100 degrees and climbing as well as cabin with minimal airflow from vents. Pc air was connected and unable to cool aircraft. I called dispatch and refused aircraft for passenger service safety issue. Within 5 minutes we had another aircraft at gate yy. At yy; the off going captain was informed he would be taking the MEL'd aircraft to ZZZ2; even though I very specifically informed dispatch the aircraft was unusable due to being unsafe for passenger flight. I believe this is captain shopping.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air carrier Captain reported aircraft had inoperative cabin cooling and was re-assigned to another flight crew.
Narrative: During aircraft change to Gate XXX for flight from ZZZ to ZZZ1; Release noted aircraft MEL'd (Minimum Equipment List) with inoperative wing body overheat detection; limited to FL 240; one pack operation. Inbound Captain noted aircraft was warm; but they came from a location at 65 degrees. ZZZ was 106 plus on the ramp. Inbound Captain said they tried to get swapped but Company refused request. I checked gate service's air; and cockpit was above 100 degrees and climbing as well as cabin with minimal airflow from vents. PC air was connected and unable to cool aircraft. I called Dispatch and refused aircraft for passenger service safety issue. Within 5 minutes we had another aircraft at Gate YY. At YY; the off going Captain was informed he would be taking the MEL'd aircraft to ZZZ2; even though I very specifically informed Dispatch the aircraft was unusable due to being unsafe for passenger flight. I believe this is Captain shopping.
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.