SMT CARGO FLT HAS PARTIAL LOSS OF PWR ON CLBOUT. PLT RETURNS TO ARPT AND CHKS ENG WITH NO REPEAT OF THE PROB. HE DEPARTS AGAIN AND AT DEST IS INFORMED THAT HE SHOULD NOT HAVE DEPARTED WITHOUT A MAINT INSPECTION.

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ON TKOF AND SUBSEQUENT CLBOUT I EXPERIENCED PARTIAL LOSS OF PWR ON THE L ENG. ALL OTHER INDICATIONS NORMAL. ONLY MANIFOLD DROPPED OFF. I DECLARED AN EMER AND RETURNED TO ELP. I PERFORMED SEVERAL RUN-UPS AND FOUND NO IRREGULARITIES. I ELECTED TO FLY TO DAL AS ORIGINALLY INTENDED. THE PROB IS MY OPS SPECS MANUAL STATES THAT THIS WAS IN ERROR. ONLY THE DIRECTOR OF MAINT CAN RELEASE THE ACFT FOR FLT EVEN IF NO ACTUAL FAULT CAN BE DETERMINED. I PERFORMED A VISUAL INSPECTION OF ACFT BEFORE THIS SECOND FLT. I WAS INFORMED BY MY EMPLOYER THAT I ERRED IN CONTINUING FLT. SUGGESTION IS MORE RECURRENT AND FREQUENT TRAINING ON POLICIES AND PROCS. THIS ACFT WAS THEN RELEASED TO A SECOND PLT TO CONTINUE ON ANOTHER RUN. THE PLT WAS AWARE OF THE EVENT DESCRIBED. HE TOO ERRED IN ACCEPTING THE ACFT. DISPATCH WAS AWARE OF THE OCCURRENCE UPON MY LNDG IN EL PASO AND SUGGESTED TESTING AND CONTINUING THE FLT AS WELL AS RELEASING ACFT TO THE SECOND PLT. AGAIN TRAINING AND RECURRENT REVIEW OF POLICIES AND PROCS WOULD HELP TO AVOID POSSIBLE HAZARDOUS FLT CONDITIONS. NOTE: THE FLT FROM EL PASO TO DALLAS (THE SECOND FLT) WAS UNEVENTFUL.