A B757-200 CAPT RPTS DIFFICULTY WITH STATION PERSONNEL IN DETERMINING THE AIRWORTHINESS OF THE ACFT. MAINT DOCUMENTS WERE SIGNED PRIOR TO THE WORK BEING ACCOMPLISHED.

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FLT RPT REGARDING: PROBS WITH STAFF AND MECHS AT ZZZ. ON PUSHBACK FROM THE GATE AT ZZZ WE NOTICED THE 'DRIVE' LIGHT FOR THE L GENERATOR NOT ILLUMINATED. THIS LIGHT SHOULD BE ON WITH THE ENG SHUT DOWN. THE BULB TESTED OKAY; SO IT SEEMED THERE WAS A MALFUNCTION IN THE INDICATING SYS. THIS WAS A PREVIOUS WRITE-UP. WE REQUESTED TO BE TOWED BACK TO THE GATE. ON AN INITIAL CALL TO DISPATCH AND MAINT CTL AT THE GATE THEY FELT THIS WAS DEFERRABLE WITH THE FOLLOWING PROC. THE ENG NEEDED TO BE STARTED AND CHKED TO BE SURE THE ASSOCIATED GENERATOR PICKED UP THE LOAD. AFTER THAT; DISCONNECT THE GENERATOR AND ENSURE THE ASSOCIATED EICAS 'DRIVE' LIGHT ILLUMINATED. THEN; SHUT DOWN THE ENG AND RECONNECT THE GENERATOR. BOTH THE FO AND I HAD SOME QUESTIONS ABOUT THE PROC. TO ALLEVIATE THIS; I ELECTED TO GO INTO OPS AND SPEAK TO THE SECTOR DISPATCHER; MR X ON THE PHONE. WHILE I WAS THERE; A RAMP AGENT CAME UP TO ME AND WANTED TO KNOW WHAT I WAS DOING. I TOLD HER I WAS ON THE PHONE TO MAINT CTL. 'WHY?' SHE ASKED. 'WE HAVE AN EXCELLENT MECH AND HE SAID EVERYTHING WAS OKAY.' I TOLD HER I WAS THE PERSON WHO HAD TO MAKE SURE ALL THE PROCS WERE FOLLOWED AND WAS THE PERSON WHO WOULD DECIDE IF THIS ACFT WAS ACCEPTABLE. WHILE I WAS TALKING TO HER SHE JUST WALKED AWAY. AFTER SPEAKING TO MAINT CTL AND DISPATCH I WAS ON MY WAY OUT TO THE PLANE AND I MET MR Y; ANOTHER RAMP PERSON. HE TOLD ME EVERYTHING WAS OKAY WITH THE PLANE AND WE COULD GET GOING. I TOLD MR Y NO ONE HAD DISCUSSED THIS WITH ME. MR Y SAID TO ME; 'WHAT DO YOU HAVE TO DO WITH ALL THIS?' I TOLD HIM HE MAY NOT BE AWARE OF THIS BUT AS THE CAPT OF THIS FLT I HAD QUITE A BIT TO SAY ABOUT WHETHER IT WOULD OPERATE. I HAVE NO IDEA WHY EVERYONE THOUGHT THE ACFT WAS READY. I RETURNED TO OPS. I CALLED MAINT CTL AGAIN. I TOLD HIM EVERYONE HERE SEEMS TO THINK THE PLANE IS READY TO GO. HE SAID THAT WAS TRUE. THE MAINT HAD BEEN SIGNED OFF ON THE COMPUTER. HE ASKED IF I DID THE ENG RUN. I SAID NO. I'VE SPENT THE LAST 45 MINS TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY EVERYONE THINKS THE ACFT IS READY TO GO. HE SAID; HOW DID THEY SIGN THIS OFF THEN? I TOLD HIM I HAD NO IDEA. THIS WAS NOW ABOUT 1 HR INTO THIS DELAY. I THEN WENT IN TO SEE MR Z WHO IS THE SUPVR. WHEN I GET INTO THE COCKPIT I FOUND OUT WHAT THE PROB WAS. THERE WAS A DEFERRED STICKER ON THE L GENERATOR AND ON THE PANEL. WHILE I WAS ON THE PHONE; THE ACFT HAD BEEN SIGNED OFF AND RELEASED. THIS WAS OVER AN HR AGO. THE MECH IS THERE. I ASKED HIM IF HE RAN THE ENG. HE SAID NO. I ASKED HIM IF HE CHKED THE GENERATOR DRIVE. HE SAID NO. I ASKED IF HE DID ANY WORK ON THIS WRITE-UP AND HE SAID NO. 'WELL THEN;' I ASKED; 'HOW DID YOU SIGN THIS OFF?' HE SAID WHAT THEY DID THERE. THEY LIKE TO GET ALL THE PAPERWORK DONE FIRST. LATER HE SAID THEY CHKED THAT EVERYTHING WAS DONE. I CLOSED THE DOOR TO THE COCKPIT. I AM DUMBFOUNDED TO SAY THE LEAST. I EXPLAINED TO THIS MECH HE HAD FALSIFIED MAINT DOCUMENTS. HIS RESPONSE? THAT'S HOW THEY ALWAYS DID THINGS HERE. THERE HAS NEVER BEEN A PROB. WELL; I SAID; THAT IS NOT HOW WE ARE DOING THINGS TONIGHT. AT APPROX XA30Z WE PERFORMED THE REQUIRED PROCS AS PER MAINT CTL. EVERYTHING PERFORMED PER THE MEL REQUIREMENTS. AT THAT POINT; I AS WELL AS THE FO FELT THE ACFT WAS SATISFACTORY FOR ETOPS DISPATCH. WE THEN NOTIFIED THE STATION THAT WE WERE READY TO LEAVE BUT WE COULD NOT LEAVE WITHOUT A NEW MRD. THEY SAID WE HAD ONE. I TOLD THEM WE WOULD NOT ACCEPT AN MRD THAT WAS GENERATED BEFORE THE REQUIRED WORK WAS PERFORMED. THE NEW MRD WAS GENERATED AT APPROX XA40Z. THIS WAS OVER AN HR AND A HALF AFTER THEY HAD CLRED THE ACFT BEFORE PERFORMING THE REQUIRED PROCS. IN THE PROCESS OF THIS I SPOKE TO THE MAINT CTLR AND TOLD HIM THE FLT HAD BEEN CLRED WITHOUT THE REQUIRED PROCS BEING ACCOMPLISHED. ALSO; I CALLED THE FLT OPS MGR AND TOLD HIM THE FLT HAD BEEN CLRED WITHOUT THE REQUIRED ENG RUN. I HAVE IN MY POSSESSION THE ORIGINAL MAINT RELEASE THAT SIGNED OFF THE FLT BEFORE THE ENG WAS RUN. HAD THIS STATION ACCEPTED THE CAPT'S ROLE IN ACCEPTING THIS FLT I FEEL WE NOT ONLY COULD HAVE ADHERED TO ALL APPROPRIATE PROCS AND REQUIREMENTS BUT ALSO THIS FLT COULD HAVE OPERATED WITH NO MORE THAN A 30 MIN DELAY. AS IT WERE; IT TOOK ME AN HR ALONE TO FIGURE OUT WHAT HAD HAPPENED. THIS CONFUSION; SOLELY CAUSED BY THE STATION PERSONNEL RESULTED IN 10 MISCONNECTS.