B777 captain flew trip with expired temporary airmans certificate.

Attributes
ACN	473440
Time
Date	200003
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B777 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Navigation In Use	other other
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 21000 flight time type : 300
ASRS Report	473440
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure non adherence : company policies other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Supplementary
Problem Areas	FAA Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

I discovered on mar/xa/00 that my temporary airmans certificate had expired. I had flown 1 trip with expired certificate. I went to my air carrier and was told to go to FAA and receives an emergency temporary certificate, which I did. On checking why I hadn't received my permanent license, we discovered that my license had been mailed to my street address but was returned to FAA because my mail goes to a po box. I should have been aware that my license was to expire, but I was thinking it was for 6 months and it was for 4 months. Also, the form requires a street address and does not allow for po box addresses. I would recommend 2 addresses to be allowed -- one for physical address and the other for po box addresses.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B777 CAPT FLEW TRIP WITH EXPIRED TEMPORARY AIRMANS CERTIFICATE.

Narrative: I DISCOVERED ON MAR/XA/00 THAT MY TEMPORARY AIRMANS CERTIFICATE HAD EXPIRED. I HAD FLOWN 1 TRIP WITH EXPIRED CERTIFICATE. I WENT TO MY ACR AND WAS TOLD TO GO TO FAA AND RECEIVES AN EMERGENCY TEMPORARY CERTIFICATE, WHICH I DID. ON CHKING WHY I HADN'T RECEIVED MY PERMANENT LICENSE, WE DISCOVERED THAT MY LICENSE HAD BEEN MAILED TO MY STREET ADDRESS BUT WAS RETURNED TO FAA BECAUSE MY MAIL GOES TO A PO BOX. I SHOULD HAVE BEEN AWARE THAT MY LICENSE WAS TO EXPIRE, BUT I WAS THINKING IT WAS FOR 6 MONTHS AND IT WAS FOR 4 MONTHS. ALSO, THE FORM REQUIRES A STREET ADDRESS AND DOES NOT ALLOW FOR PO BOX ADDRESSES. I WOULD RECOMMEND 2 ADDRESSES TO BE ALLOWED -- ONE FOR PHYSICAL ADDRESS AND THE OTHER FOR PO BOX ADDRESSES.

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.