If your the type that searches for written documentation by AA to somehow relieve you of your liabilities as an A&P, then yes, you've lost your way. Our FAA Certificate mandates our duty to provide our skills toward safe flight without boundaries. Discipline to dissuade us from doing so is an adversarial strategy, plain and simple.Overspeed said:Nope haven't lost my way. I know full well if I see something wrong I write it up. The similarities I see with both issues is not whether or not the mechanics found something is not where the disagreement lies. It is whether or not deviating from the established check procedures and looking at other things not specifically called out in the procedures rises to the level that the mechanics should have been disciplined. The mechanics in both circumstances have found items that required maintenance action but in management's opinion were not required to be inspected at that time.
The AIR21 process will play out at AA like it did at SW. I'll be waiting like all of you to see what happens.
On public record there is an example where upper brass attempted to minimize disruption to the operation related to suspected lightning strikes brought by mechanics. The company re-wrote the inspection work card to only be applied if a pilot made entry of lightning strike during flight or mechanic had visual confirmation of a strike to an aircraft. Problem with that is that it is common practice at many airports that personnel are prevented from being outside when lightning is confirmed at a set distance. How would a mechanic visual a lightning strike under these guidelines? Right. Fortunately, what many suspected as "an adversarial strategy" was withdrawn and the written document was corrected.
I for one had hopes that post-BK, the slate would be cleansed and we all could put our efforts toward helpng the company down a successful path of which we could all benefit. Unfortunately, evidenced daily is the appearance that the quality of management toward the workforce has regressed.