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B757 first officer describes an aircraft with MEL's making it inappropriate for a transcontinental flight. The aircraft is refused by the crew.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 958330 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201106 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | LAX.Airport |
| State Reference | CA |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B757-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying First Officer |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 250 Flight Crew Total 7500 Flight Crew Type 4500 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
We were on day 4 of a 4 day trip on the last (go home) leg. The aircraft assigned for a trans-con with enroute weather and 2 alternates had the left gen inoperative; the tmc inoperative (no autothrottle for a 5 hour flight and no autoland); and left reverser inoperative. The aircraft had been sitting overnight and was reassigned to a one hour flight after we refused it. The question then is why am I submitting this report? The answer is that anecdotally this is indicative of a pattern of behavior by the company to put aircraft with questionable maintenance on inappropriate routes. Again this plane was assigned to a destination with 2 alternates (emphasis added) on the last leg of a trip; in my mind assuming the crew would feel pressured to take the aircraft. Indeed; we discussed this possibility briefly.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B757 First Officer describes an aircraft with MEL's making it inappropriate for a transcontinental flight. The aircraft is refused by the crew.
Narrative: We were on day 4 of a 4 day trip on the last (go home) leg. The aircraft assigned for a trans-con with enroute weather and 2 alternates had the left gen inoperative; the TMC inoperative (no autothrottle for a 5 hour flight and no autoland); and left reverser inoperative. The aircraft had been sitting overnight and was reassigned to a one hour flight after we refused it. The question then is why am I submitting this report? The answer is that anecdotally this is indicative of a pattern of behavior by the company to put aircraft with questionable maintenance on inappropriate routes. Again this plane was assigned to a destination with 2 alternates (emphasis added) on the last leg of a trip; in my mind assuming the crew would feel pressured to take the aircraft. Indeed; we discussed this possibility briefly.
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.