A B727 CREW RPTS DURING AN OVERNIGHT LAYOVER A TECHNICIAN ENTERED A FALSE CREW VERBAL RPT IN THE ACFT LOGBOOK.

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HAD 1 WRITEUP ON PLANE THAT MORNING. TWR SAID THE RADIO WAS BREAKING UP; SO WROTE IT UP IN THE LOGBOOK. I WENT TO HOTEL FOR REST PERIOD. WHEN WE GOT BACK TO FLY THAT NIGHT; I CHKED THE LOGBOOK. I SAW THE MECH WROTE IN THE LOGBOOK; 'CREW RPTS STANDBY HORIZON VIBRATES INFLT.' I COULDN'T BELIEVE MY EYES. FIRST OFF; WE DID NOT GIVE ANY VERBAL PROB TO THE MECH. SECONDLY; THE STANDBY HORIZON WORKED FINE FOR ME THE 2 LEGS I FLEW THAT PLANE. PLUS BY SAYING; 'CREW RPTS STANDBY HORIZON VIBRATES INFLT;' HE IS SAYING WE 'VERBALLY' GAVE A WRITEUP; AND THEN WALKED AWAY. THAT IS AGAINST THE FARS; AND WE DID NOT. I NEVER EVER SEEN THAT MECH TILL FRIDAY MORNING; AND THIS HAPPENED ON THURSDAY; WHEN WE WERE AT THE HOTEL. I TALKED TO A DIFFERENT MECH THAT NIGHT (THURS); AND TOLD HIM HOW BAD OF A WRITEUP THIS WAS. THAT MECH AGREED. ON HIS OWN; WHILE I WAS TALKING; DID MULTIPLE CROSSOUTS OF 'CREW RPTS;' AND THAT MECH INITIALED IT. I SAID; 'YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSE TO DO MULTIPLE CROSSOUTS OF ANYTHING IN THE LOGBOOK.' TOO LATE NOW. MECH MEANT WELL. OF COURSE; NOW WITH WRITEUP OF MECH SAYING; 'STANDBY HORIZON VIBRATES INFLT.' STILL BAD; BECAUSE HOW IN THE WORLD WOULD A MECH KNOW OF PROB UNLESS A PLT GAVE A VERBAL TO THE MECH. I TOLD THEM THAT 'YOU MECH'S HUNG ME; AND I HAD ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO DO WITH IT AT ALL.' THEN ON FRI MORNING; I FINALLY GOT TO SEE THE MECH (WHO DID THE TERRIBLE WRITEUP) FOR THE FIRST TIME THAT WK. ASKED HIM WHY IN THE WORLD DID YOU WRITE THAT PROB UP LIKE THAT? HE SAID; HE ALWAYS DOES IT LIKE THAT; AND HAS NEVER GOT IN TROUBLE FOR IT. I SAID YOU CAN'T DO THAT. I SAID IF YOU WANT TO WRITE UP A PROB YOU SAW; YOU WRITE IT UP. DON'T SAY; 'CREW SAYS OR RPTS.' TALKED TO MY CHIEF PLT. HE SAID HE WOULD TALK TO MAINT. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THE ACFT WAS A B727-200 AND REMAINED ON THE GND ALL DAY FOR SVC. THE RPTR SAID THE LOG ENTRY MADE BY THE TECHNICIAN WAS DISCOVERED DURING A PREFLT CHK IN THE EVENING. THE RPTR SAID HE WAS EXTREMELY UPSET THAT ANY TECHNICIAN WOULD ENTER A FALSE CREW VERBAL RPT IN THE LOGBOOK. THE RPTR STATED THE TECHNICIAN WAS STRONGLY ADVISED BY MAINT MGMNT TO STOP THIS PRACTICE AND ADHERE TO APPROVED STANDARD LOGBOOK PROCS.