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An airbus captain reports that aircraft malfunctions of the atsu (air traffic service unit); have reportedly become so common flight crews do not make maintenance log entries. Maintenance personnel reset the component rather than fix or replace it.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 853551 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200909 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A319 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | ACARS |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Flying |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 240 Flight Crew Total 11600 Flight Crew Type 3717 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Maintenance Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
Mechanic and I had a great laugh today - another in the long line of atsu a/C that lock up the mcdu in the ACARS mode. I flew another aircraft also this morning - same problem. The laugh we shared oddly enough was the sign off - 'reset ops checks normal'. This has become so commonplace at least on the airbus that pilots don't even write up known gripes. What a shame.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An Airbus Captain reports that aircraft malfunctions of the ATSU (Air Traffic Service Unit); have reportedly become so common flight crews do not make maintenance log entries. Maintenance personnel reset the component rather than fix or replace it.
Narrative: Mechanic and I had a great laugh today - another in the long line of ATSU A/C that lock up the MCDU in the ACARS mode. I flew another aircraft also this morning - same problem. The laugh we shared oddly enough was the sign off - 'reset ops checks normal'. This has become so commonplace at least on the Airbus that pilots don't even write up known gripes. What a shame.
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.