A CL65 WAS DISPATCHED IN NON COMPLIANCE WITH A GENERATOR DEFERRED AS INOP BUT WITHOUT MEL REQUIREMENTS ACCOMPLISHED.

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I AM A CAPT FOR ACR. WE HAVE A REAL SAFETY PROB THAT WILL ONLY GET WORSE DUE TO MGMNT AND THE FEDERAL COURTS. IN DEC/99; THE FEDERAL COURT IMPOSED AN INJUNCTION ON THE PLTS WITH REGARDS TO MAINT WRITE-UPS. NOW THE ATTORNEYS REPRESENTING THE COMPANY HAVE FILED ON OUR MAINT PERSONNEL. ONE OF THE PROBS MGMNT CITED IS THE MAINT PERSONNEL'S UNION INSTRUCTED THEIR PEOPLE TO GO TO THE MAINT MANUALS WHEN PERFORMING ALL TASKS. THIS IS A GREAT SAFETY ENHANCEMENT DUE TO THE HIGH NUMBER OF NEW MAINT PERSONNEL. LATELY WE HAVE HAD A HIGH NUMBER OF MECHS LEAVE AND TAKE THEIR EXPERIENCE ELSEWHERE. OUR ACFT ARE NOW SHOWING IT; TOO. ON FEB/XA/00 I HAD A GENERATOR DROP OFFLINE ON CLBOUT -- IT RESET WITH NO FURTHER ACTION. UPON ARR IN ZZZ; I SPOKE WITH LINE MAINT AND THEY FELT I SHOULD NOT MAKE A MAINT LOG ENTRY BECAUSE IT RESET. MY EXPERIENCE HAS SHOWN THAT NORMALLY THE GENERATOR IS LOW ON OIL WHEN THEY DROP OFF; LIKE THIS ONE DID. SURE ENOUGH; NEXT TKOF IT DROPPED OFFLINE AGAIN. I THEN WROTE IT UP AS A RECURRING FAULT AND DEFERRED THE GENERATOR. THE PROB COULD HAVE BEEN CORRECTED IN ZZZ; BUT NOW OUR MAINT PERSONNEL DON'T WANT TO TAKE THE DELAY FOR FEAR OF REPERCUSSION FROM MGMNT. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THAT AFTER THE GENERATOR DROPPED OFF THE LINE TWICE; MAINT CTL INSISTED NO LOGBOOK ENTRY BE MADE TO THE DEFERRED ITEM IN THE LOGBOOK. THE RPTR SAID THE MAINT SIT IS BAD AND GETTING WORSE DUE TO A COURT INJUNCTION LIMITING USE OF THE MAINT MANUAL. THE RPTR SAID MOST OF THE EXPERIENCED TECHNICIANS HAVE LEFT THE CARRIER LEAVING INEXPERIENCED TECHNICIANS WHO NOW HAVE LIMITED USE OF THE MAINT MANUAL. THE RPTR STATED THE CURRENT SIT IS THE CREWS HAVE A COURT INJUNCTION REGARDING MAINT WRITE-UPS AND MAINT PERSONNEL HAVE A COURT INJUNCTION ON THE USE OF THE MAINT MANUAL WHEN PERFORMING ALL TASKS.