Captain reports logbook maintenance reports problem.

Attributes
ACN	495694
Time
Date	200012
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : maintenance ground : parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 15800 flight time type : 3600
ASRS Report	495694
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : critical other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other flight crewb
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Company FAA Chart Or Publication
Primary Problem	Company

Narrative:

I have inherited many aircraft with inoperable equipment that the previous crew failed to write up, due to fear of retribution. This company policy will lead to aircraft flying illegally with known discrepancies and ultimately aircraft flying unsafely. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the reporter said not writing a log report for a failed or inoperative system is bad, but some crews will not even pass on verbally, during a crew change, any airplane problem discovered.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CAPT RPTS LOGBOOK MAINT RPTS PROB.

Narrative: I HAVE INHERITED MANY ACFT WITH INOPERABLE EQUIP THAT THE PREVIOUS CREW FAILED TO WRITE UP, DUE TO FEAR OF RETRIBUTION. THIS COMPANY POLICY WILL LEAD TO ACFT FLYING ILLEGALLY WITH KNOWN DISCREPANCIES AND ULTIMATELY ACFT FLYING UNSAFELY. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR SAID NOT WRITING A LOG RPT FOR A FAILED OR INOP SYS IS BAD, BUT SOME CREWS WILL NOT EVEN PASS ON VERBALLY, DURING A CREW CHANGE, ANY AIRPLANE PROB DISCOVERED.

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.