PIC OF B727 FREIGHTER FINDS SOME UNSATISFACTORY CARGO EQUIP DURING A RAMP CHK BY THE FAA IN TOL; OH.

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ON JAN/XA/98 AT APPROX XA00; FLT ABC DEPARTED MHR FOR TOL WITH A DIFFERENT FLC. APPROX 1 HR INTO THE FLT; THE CAPT RECEIVED WORD FROM THE COMPANY THAT THE HUB IN TOL WAS CANCELED DUE TO WX. HE WAS TOLD TO RETURN TO MHR. AT APPROX AB00 THE SAME DATE; THIS CAPT AND HIS CREW ARRIVED AT MHR TO FLY THE DAYTIME VERSION OF THE MHR TO TOL FLT; EDE. WHEN I ARRIVED AT THE ARPT; I WAS TOLD BY OUR MECH; AS WELL AS PERSONNEL; THAT FLT ABC NEVER MADE IT TO TOL AND I WOULD BE TAKING HIS FREIGHT IN. THE ACFT WAS NEVER UNLOADED OR RELOADED. MY ACR HAS NO STATED PROCS THAT LOADED ACFT MUST BE UNLOADED; RE-INSPECTED; AND THEN RELOADED WHENEVER THERE IS A CREW CHANGE. UPON ARR IN TOL; I WAS MET BY FAA SAFETY INSPECTOR; MR X. MR X AND I OBSERVED THE UNLOADING OF THE ACFT. 1 CONTAINER AND 2 PALLETS WERE FOUND TO BE UNAIRWORTHY. HAD I BEEN THERE DURING THE LOADING PROCESS; I WOULD NEVER HAVE LET THESE CONTAINERS ONBOARD MY ACFT. I EVEN BELIEVE THAT THE 1 CAN THAT WAS UNAIRWORTHY; I HAD PREVIOUSLY BUMPED ON A DIFFERENT FLT. I AM STILL CHKING ON THIS. WHAT DID I LEARN? PIC IS ULTIMATELY RESPONSIBLE. DO NOT TRUST ANOTHER CAPT'S JUDGEMENT WHEN IT COMES TO MY TICKET!