ACR MDT PIC DECRIES THE OPERATING PROC REQUIRED IN ACFT EQUIP OPERATING PROCS. TKOF ABORTED; 2 TIMES.

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I WAS SCHEDULED TO FLY ACFT FOR THE FIRST 4 LEGS OF TRIP ON JUL/SAT/93. I NOTICED THAT THE GND SPOILER SYS HAD BEEN WRITTEN UP SEVERAL TIMES IN THE PRECEDING WK; ALONG WITH QUITE A FEW OTHER ITEMS. AFTER OUR SECOND LEG; I RAN INTO A CAPT WHO TOLD ME HE HAD QUITE A PROB WITH THE GND SPOILER SYS THE LAST TIME HE FLEW THE ACFT. IT HAD NOT GIVEN US A PROB UNTIL OUR 4TH LEG OF THE DAY. NORMAL PROC IS TO DEPLOY THE GND SPOILERS JUST PRIOR TO TKOF; ONLY TO HAVE THEM AUTOMATICALLY RETRACT WHEN THE PWR LEVERS ARE BROUGHT FORWARD. UPON TKOF FROM RWY 1 IN ALB; THE GND SPOILER LIGHT REMAINED ON; CAUSING THE TKOF WARNING HORN TO GO OFF AND FORCING ME TO ABORT THE TKOF. AFTER CLRING THE RWY; I MANUALLY RETRACTED THE GND SPOILERS AND THEY RETRACTED IN A NORMAL MANNER. AFTER A SECOND ATTEMPTED TKOF; THE SAME THING HAPPENED; FORCING ANOTHER ABORT. I CLRED THE RWY AND PROCEEDED TO A RUNUP AREA. I DEPLOYED THE GND SPOILERS AND RAN THE PWR LEVERS FORWARD. THIS TIME; THEY RETRACTED IN A NORMAL MANNER. THEREFORE; I ATTEMPTED A THIRD TKOF; WHICH WAS SUCCESSFUL. I FEEL THIS WHOLE INCIDENT COULD HAVE BEEN AVOIDED IF WE WERE JUST ALLOWED TO LEAVE THE FLT/TAXI SWITCH IN TAXI PRIOR TO TKOF.