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A commercial fixed wing medium large transport aircraft has an operations manual procedure for carrying screened cargo pit baggage in the cabin that has 2 paragraphs which are in conflict.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 423250 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199812 |
| Day | Thu |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : phl |
| State Reference | PA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 14500 |
| ASRS Report | 423250 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | aircraft equipment problem : less severe |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : unable |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
| Situations | |
| Publication | Unspecified |
Narrative:
Baggage hold had been inoperative due to damaged floor panel. All bags that were of a size to be carried in cabin were screened and put in cabin, including strapping into passenger seats, per general operations manual. Problem is that our general operations manual addresses bags being carried in passenger seats in 2 separate paragraphs, and these separate paragraphs conflict slightly with each other, making it difficult for flight crew to comply completely and absolutely with the general operations manual instructions.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A COMMERCIAL FIXED WING MLG ACFT HAS AN OPS MANUAL PROC FOR CARRYING SCREENED CARGO PIT BAGGAGE IN THE CABIN THAT HAS 2 PARAGRAPHS WHICH ARE IN CONFLICT.
Narrative: BAGGAGE HOLD HAD BEEN INOP DUE TO DAMAGED FLOOR PANEL. ALL BAGS THAT WERE OF A SIZE TO BE CARRIED IN CABIN WERE SCREENED AND PUT IN CABIN, INCLUDING STRAPPING INTO PAX SEATS, PER GENERAL OPS MANUAL. PROB IS THAT OUR GENERAL OPS MANUAL ADDRESSES BAGS BEING CARRIED IN PAX SEATS IN 2 SEPARATE PARAGRAPHS, AND THESE SEPARATE PARAGRAPHS CONFLICT SLIGHTLY WITH EACH OTHER, MAKING IT DIFFICULT FOR FLC TO COMPLY COMPLETELY AND ABSOLUTELY WITH THE GENERAL OPS MANUAL INSTRUCTIONS.
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.