A CRJ200 CAPT EXPRESSES CONCERN ON PRECEDENT BEING SET BY MAINT REQUESTING LINE OUT OF RPTS WRITTEN UP AT NON MAINT STATIONS. CREW ASKED TO CROSS OUT MAINT DISCREPANCY AND WRITE IN 'ENTERED IN ERROR.'

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I AM CONCERNED THAT A DANGEROUS PRECEDENT IS BEING SET WITH RESPECT TO MAINT AND AIRCREW WRITING ACFT DISCREPANCIES. SEVERAL TIMES OVER THE PAST 3 YRS I HAVE BEEN ASKED BY MAINT; OVER THE TELEPHONE; USUALLY AT AN OUTSTATION TO LINE OUT OR CROSS OUT A MAINT DISCREPANCY AND WRITE 'ENTERED IN ERROR.' THIS HAPPENS ON THE GND USUALLY AFTER BEING ASKED TO TROUBLESHOOT IN SOME WAY TO MAKE THE DISCREPANCY GO AWAY. WHAT ALSO CONCERNS ME IS THAT I HEAR THIS ALSO FROM OTHER PLTS. THIS APPEARS TO ME A SYS WIDE ISSUE/PROB. I UNDERSTAND THAT OUR MAINT DEPT DOES A VERY GOOD JOB AND THIS MAY BE THEIR EFFORT TO MINIMIZE ACFT DOWN STATUS AT OUTSTATIONS. HOWEVER; THE SYS OF TRACKING AND DOCUMENTING MAINT ISSUES WITH THIS ACFT IS SERIOUSLY DEGRADED WHEN MAINT DISCREPANCIES ARE 'NOT' DOCUMENTED AND FLT CREWS ARE SEEMINGLY ENCOURAGED TO NOT DOCUMENT MAINT ISSUES AT OUTSTATIONS DUE TO MAINT REQUESTING PLT TROUBLESHOOTING TO CLR A DISCREPANCY AND THEN LINE OUT A MAINT WRITE-UP IF ONE WAS ENTERED IN THE MAINT LOGBOOK. THIS PRACTICE COULD BE A SERIOUS SAFETY BREACH IN SOME CASES AND I BELIEVE IT IS A PROB AND NEEDS TO BE STOPPED IMMEDIATELY. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THIS LINING OUT OF THE MAINT DISCREPANCY AND ENTERING 'RPT ENTERED IN ERROR' USUALLY HAPPENS AFTER SOME TEST OR FUNCTION IS PERFORMED AT THE REQUEST OF MAINT. EXAMPLE 'POWERING DOWN AND RE-POWERING' THE ACFT OR OPERATING AN ENG FOR THE FAULT CORRECTION AND THE ACTION FAILS TO CORRECT THE PROB. THIS APPEARS TO BE A GROWING PROB.