ACFT MAINT LOGBOOK NOT ON BOARD FOR FLT.

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DEPARTED ORD FOR MSN WITHOUT ACFT MAINT LOG ACFT SWAP IN A 30 MIN INTERVAL BTWN FLTS. UPON PREFLTING SECOND ACFT; I NOTICED THE R WINGTIP STATIC WICK MISSING. I INTERRUPTED THE PREFLT AND TOLD THE CAPT. HE INFORMED ME TO CALL MAINT AND TELL THEM ABOUT IT RIGHT THEN. I DID AND RETURNED TO R WINGTIP AND FINISHED PREFLT. THEN I RETURNED TO THE COCKPIT AND CAPT AND I PERFORMED THE COCKPIT CLEAN-UP CHKLIST. THIS IS THE CHKLIST THAT HAS THE SECTION TO CONFIRM ACFT MAINT LOGBOOK ON BOARD AND NO OPEN WRITE-UPS. AT THIS TIME WE WERE WAITING FOR MAINT AND THE LOG WAS CONFIRMED ON BOARD. MAINT MAN COMES OUT AND SAYS ALL STATIC WICKS ARE ON BOARD. I TELL HIM THEY AREN'T AND CAPT SAYS SHOW HIM. MAINT MAN AND I LEAVE COCKPIT FOR R WINGTIP. MAINT MAN SEES THAT THE STATIC WICK IS MISSING AND FOLLOWS ME TO THE COCKPIT. I SIT DOWN AND START GETTING THE ATIS AND CLRNC. MAINT MAN TAKES ACFT LOG WITHOUT SAYING A WORD TO EITHER PLT AND WITHOUT PUTTING A BRIGHT ORANGE PLACARD ON CAPT YOKE; SAYING ACFT MAINT LOGBOOK REMOVED FROM ACFT. 15 MINS LATER WE DEPART ORD FOR MSN. WHILE STILL ON DEP FREQ AT ORD; DISPATCH TELLS US WE DEPARTED WITHOUT ACFT MAINT LOGBOOK. AFTER A 1 MIN PAUSE THEY TELL US TO CONTINUE TO MSN AND ALL REQUIRED PAPER WORK FROM MAINT WILL BE FAXED TO MSN. WHEN DEPARTING FROM MSN WE GOT FAXES DELIVERED TO ACFT 3 TIMES WITH COPIOUS AMOUNTS OF LOG PAGES FROM ACFT MAINT LOGBOOK. LAST BATCH ARRIVED 2 MINS PRIOR TO BLOCKING OUT ON SCHEDULE. NOTHING ELSE WAS EVER SAID TO ME OR CAPT UNTIL APR/FRI/95 AT XA05L. I WAS INFORMED I WAS SUSPENDED WITH PAY PENDING AN INVESTIGATION. THIS IS THE 4TH TIME IN 18 MONTHS AN ATR HAS DEPARTED WITHOUT ACFT MAINT LOGBOOK ON BOARD. BOTTOM LINE: THE COMPANY GUIDELINES ARE NOT BEING ADHERED TO BY MAINT AND THEY REMOVE ACFT MAINT LOGBOOK TOO FREQUENTLY TOO SOON BEFORE DEP TIME. WE SUGGESTED THEY PUT ACFT MAINT LOGBOOK ON CHKLIST AFTER THE AFTER STARTING ENGS CHKLISTS; BUT THE COMPANY WILL NOT APPROVE THAT.