A300 CREW DEPARTED WITH THE #7 BRAKE MEL'ED DEACTIVATED AND THE ANTISKID MEL'ED INOP IN NON COMPLIANCE WITH THE MEL'S.

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WHILE IN OPS PULLING UP PAPERWORK; CAPT TALKED TO DISPATCH ABOUT AN ANTISKID PROB AND THE PERFORMANCE PENALTY IT INVOLVED. AFTER REACHING THE ACFT AND DOING ALL THE PREFLT CHKS; WE EXAMINED THE LOGBOOK AND FOUND THAT THE #7 BRAKE WAS PLACARDED INOP AND THAT MAINT HAD PLACARDED THE ANTISKID SYS INOP AS A RESULT OF THE #7 BRAKE BEING INOP. AFTER THOROUGHLY CHKING THE LOGBOOK AND THE MEL; THE CAPT AND I AGREED THAT THE WRITE-UP WAS INCORRECT AND THAT THE ANTISKID SHOULD NOT AND COULD NOT BE INOP WITH 1 BRAKE INOP. WE CALLED MAINT TO GET SOMEONE OUT TO CONFIRM OUR ANALYSIS AND TO FIX THE BOOK. WHEN THE MECH ARRIVED; HE HAD A VERY BAD ATTITUDE AND GAVE US GRIEF FOR NOT CALLING EARLIER. HE FIRST TRIED TO CONVINCE US THAT THE BOOK WAS RIGHT AND THAT WE SHOULD GO. AFTER TELLING HIM WE WERE NOT GOING TO TAKE THE ACFT LIKE THAT; HE SAID HE HAD TO GO CALL THE MAINT CTLR. UPON RETURN; HE SAID THAT THE MAINT CTLR CONFIRMED THAT THE BOOK WAS RIGHT AND WE SHOULD GO. WE HAD THEM BRING THE JETBRIDGE BACK OUT AND THE CAPT GOT OFF THE ACFT AND CALLED THE MAINT CTLR HIMSELF. IT WAS DISCOVERED AT THIS POINT THAT THE MEL BOOK ON THE ACFT WAS OUT OF DATE. THE MECH HAD MADE COPIES OF MEL; BUT NOT THE OTHER MEL. WITH MAINT CTLR ON THE LINE; THEY CONVINCED US THAT THE WRITE-UP WAS CORRECT AND WE SHOULD GO. RELUCTANTLY AND FEELING THAT WE WERE BEING MISLED; WE TOOK THE ACFT WITH THE BRAKE INOP AND THE ANTISKID SYS PLACARDED INOP AND THE ANTISKID SWITCH IN THE 'ALTERNATE ON' POS AS STATED IN THE MAINT WRITE-UP. WHILE AIRBORNE; WE REVIEWED THE INFO AND AGAIN AGREED THAT THE ACFT WAS NOT LEGAL TO FLY WITH BOTH A BRAKE INOP AND THE ANTISKID INOP. UPON ARRIVING AT OUR DEST; WE CONTACTED MAINT AND ONCE AGAIN HAD THEM REVIEW THE WRITE-UP AND CONTACT MAINT CTLR. EVEN AFTER TALKING TO THE MAINT CTL SUPVR; THEY STILL BELIEVED THE WRITE-UPS TO BE CORRECT. WHEN WE GOT TO THE ACFT IN THE MORNING FOR THE FLT BACK; THE SAME WRITE-UPS WERE IN THE BOOK. A CALL TO DISPATCH AND MAINT CTL GOT QUICK RESULTS AND THE BOOK WAS CORRECTED AND THE ANTISKID PLACARD WAS REMOVED. 3 CHEERS FOR THE MORNING CREW. NEXT TIME; WE STICK TO OUR GUNS NO MATTER HOW LONG IT TAKES.