Reporter fears that unlicensed personnel adding oil to air carrier aircraft engines is illegal.

Attributes
ACN	235211
Time
Date	199303
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : ord
State Reference	IL
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Flight Phase	ground : parked
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	other personnel other
Qualification	other other : other
ASRS Report	235211
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Airport
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Airlines was observed training (unlicensed) customer service personnel from various outstations to perform oil service on aircraft. A very unsafe practice to start and continue. Normally the work is performed by licensed a&P's from company or contract labor organizations. Anything is considered to save money.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: RPTR FEARS THAT UNLICENSED PERSONNEL ADDING OIL TO ACR ACFT ENGS IS ILLEGAL.

Narrative: AIRLINES WAS OBSERVED TRAINING (UNLICENSED) CUSTOMER SVC PERSONNEL FROM VARIOUS OUTSTATIONS TO PERFORM OIL SVC ON ACFT. A VERY UNSAFE PRACTICE TO START AND CONTINUE. NORMALLY THE WORK IS PERFORMED BY LICENSED A&P'S FROM COMPANY OR CONTRACT LABOR ORGANIZATIONS. ANYTHING IS CONSIDERED TO SAVE MONEY.

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.