FLT CREW OF B777 HAVE CONFLICT OVER COMPANY POLICY AND PROCS REGARDING DEP TIMES AND COMPANY RECORDS.

Date: 2003-05 · Aircraft: Widebody Transport · Phase: taxi

Anomalies: deviation-discrepancy-procedural-published-material-policy|other-crew-member-conflict

Synopsis

FLT CREW OF B777 HAVE CONFLICT OVER COMPANY POLICY AND PROCS REGARDING DEP TIMES AND COMPANY RECORDS.

Narrative

PRIOR TO PUSHBACK FROM GATE AT LFPG; PUSH CREW WAS NOT AVAILABLE AT PUSH TIME. AFTER MAKING CONTACT WITH TUG DRIVER; I RELEASED THE PARKING BRAKE AND ACARS CORRECTLY SENT AN 'OUT' TIME OF XA16; WHICH WAS A MIN LATE. DURING THE PUSH; WE RECEIVED A MESSAGE TO 'CALL LOAD PLANNING.' THE FO WENT OFF OF ATC FREQ TO CONTACT LOAD PLANNING. I REMAINED ON FLT INTERPHONE WITH THE PUSHBACK CREW PER SOP. I LATER FOUND OUT THAT THE STATION HAD ASKED THE FO FOR PERMISSION TO ALTER THE ACARS 'OUT' TIME TO GIVE THE FLT AN 'ON-TIME' DEP. THE FO; WITHOUT MY PERMISSION; DID SO. I WAS FURIOUS; AND SAID THAT DOING SO WAS FALSIFICATION OF OFFICIAL FLT RECORDS. SHE STARTED YELLING AT ME AND SAID; 'IT IS ONLY 1 MIN! EVERYONE DOES IT! WE DON'T WANT THE STATION MAD AT US!' THE ADDITIONAL CREW MEMBER JUMPED IN; STATING; 'EVERYBODY LIES; SOME CAPTS EVEN PULL CIRCUIT BREAKERS TO FOOL THE SYS.' (PULLING CIRCUIT BREAKERS; OTHER THAN IN ACCORDANCE WITH A SPECIFIC PROC; OR AS DIRECTED BY ACR MAINT; IS STRICTLY PROHIBITED.) I DO NOT INTEND TO COMPROMISE SAFETY NOR DO I INTEND TO ALTER FLT RECORDS. APPARENTLY I AM IN THE MINORITY.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.