A MD80 WAS DISPATCHED IN NON COMPLIANCE THE R ENGINE DRIVEN HYDRAULIC PUMP INOPERATIVE AND AUX HYDRAULIC PUMP BELOW MINIMUM PRESSURE LIMITS.

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GIVEN SHIP XXX AS REPLACEMENT ACFT. ACFT HAD MEL ITEM INOP R ENGINE HYDRAULIC PUMP. AUX HYD PUMP WAS FOUND DURING PREFLT TO BE WELL BELOW LIMITS OF FLT MANUAL. MECHANIC AGREED WITH EVAL; AS DID CAPT. CAPT WAS RELUCTANT TO PUT IN LOGBOOK AFTER LINE MAINT SUPVR SHOWED UP AND LITERALLY TRIED TO BULLY ACFT OFF GATE. HE TRIED TO SAY HE SAW DIFFERENT READINGS ON GAUGE THAN CREW SAW. THEN TRIED TO SAY IT WASN'T THAT FAR OUT OF LIMITS. THEN SAID YES; IT'S OUT OF LIMITS; BUT WILL BE OKAY TILL OVERNIGHT. I CONSISTENTLY ASKED TO PUT PROB IN LOGBOOK AND LET HIM SIGN IT OFF AND I WOULD BE COMFORTABLE. LINE SUPVR SAID HE COULDN'T SIGN IT OFF BECAUSE IT WAS BELOW LIMITS AND IF IT WENT IN LOGBOOK; IT WOULD DELAY FLT. HE WAS VISIBLY ANGRY; WHICH OCCURS ALMOST EVERY TIME A PREFLT DISCREPANCY IS DISCOVERED AND PUT IN LOGBOOK. CAPT IN THIS CASE WAS SUPPORTIVE VERBALLY; BUT NEVER PUT WRITE-UP IN BOOK. HE HAD MECHANIC ENTER IT. I AM UNCOMFORTABLE BEING THE PERSON INSISTING ON PROPER REPAIRS; AND TIRED OF BEING CRITICIZED BY LINE SUPVRS FOR DOING MY JOB. FLT OPS MANUAL DOES NOT ADEQUATELY ADDRESS WHO CAN ENTER LOG WRITE-UPS. IT SAYS CAPT MUST SIGN WRITE-UP. CAPTS AND MECHANICS INTERPRET THIS TO MEAN FO'S CAN'T MAKE ENTRIES WHEN PROBS ARISE; POORLY WORDED POLICY. THE ABOVE PROB WAS ARGUED ABOUT FOR LONGER THAN IT TOOK TO REPAIR. ACFT WAS RETURNED TO EWR WITH ADDITIONAL HYDRAULIC PROBS; WHICH WERE ENTERED IN LOG.