Commuter first officer complains that a company take over has led to unsafe operating procedure.

Attributes
ACN	192994
Time
Date	199110
Day	Tue
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ict
State Reference	KS
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Light Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng
Flight Phase	ground : preflight
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 190 flight time total : 3500 flight time type : 120
ASRS Report	192994
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

This company has been purchased by another airline and has immediately changed the type of operations. The most important thing is that they want us to lie on our squawk books and write squawks in a way the FAA won't notice the real problem and the airplane will be able to fly for many days with the 'item deferred' until they find the part or get the time to fix it. If the squawk was written the normal way, the airplane would be grounded! Also they want us to fly over 34 hours in 6 days, and way over 16 hours of duty time in a single day. This will be too long to explain but if you contact the wichita FSDO and talk to our poi he will have to go and search paperwork in the company. It won't be long before he finds out what really is going on.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: COMMUTER FO COMPLAINS THAT A COMPANY TAKE OVER HAS LED TO UNSAFE OPERATING PROC.

Narrative: THIS COMPANY HAS BEEN PURCHASED BY ANOTHER AIRLINE AND HAS IMMEDIATELY CHANGED THE TYPE OF OPS. THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS THAT THEY WANT US TO LIE ON OUR SQUAWK BOOKS AND WRITE SQUAWKS IN A WAY THE FAA WON'T NOTICE THE REAL PROBLEM AND THE AIRPLANE WILL BE ABLE TO FLY FOR MANY DAYS WITH THE 'ITEM DEFERRED' UNTIL THEY FIND THE PART OR GET THE TIME TO FIX IT. IF THE SQUAWK WAS WRITTEN THE NORMAL WAY, THE AIRPLANE WOULD BE GNDED! ALSO THEY WANT US TO FLY OVER 34 HRS IN 6 DAYS, AND WAY OVER 16 HRS OF DUTY TIME IN A SINGLE DAY. THIS WILL BE TOO LONG TO EXPLAIN BUT IF YOU CONTACT THE WICHITA FSDO AND TALK TO OUR POI HE WILL HAVE TO GO AND SEARCH PAPERWORK IN THE COMPANY. IT WON'T BE LONG BEFORE HE FINDS OUT WHAT REALLY IS GOING ON.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.