<< >> NASA ASRS Report 823468, February 2009

Two mechanics report they were told by their supervisory management that given the fact they were not an ETOPS location; they were not required to be ETOPS or er qualified when working on their B777 ETOPS aircraft.

Attributes
ACN	823468
Time
Date	200902
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B777 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Flight Phase	Parked
Person 1
Function	Technician
Person 2
Function	Technician
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Maintenance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

I have become aware of an issue pertaining to the signing off of paperwork where an ETOPS or extended range (er) authorization is required. We were told by supervision that given the fact that we were not an ETOPS location; we are not required to be ETOPS or er qualified.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Two Mechanics report they were told by their supervisory management that given the fact they were not an ETOPS location; they were not required to be ETOPS or ER qualified when working on their B777 ETOPS aircraft.

Narrative: I have become aware of an issue pertaining to the signing off of paperwork where an ETOPS or Extended Range (ER) authorization is required. We were told by supervision that given the fact that we were not an ETOPS location; we are not required to be ETOPS or ER qualified.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.