ACR CAPTAIN DISCOVERS REQUIRED MAINT INSPECTION FOR DEFERRAL WAS NOT ACCOMPLISHED. MAINT SUPERVISOR ATTEMPTS TO HAVE FLT DEPART WITHOUT INSPECTION.

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AFTER GOING THROUGH THE LOGBOOK I NOTICED THAT A DEFERRAL FOR FLAPS 1/2 SPD MESSAGE HAD THE WRONG DATE ON IT. IT WAS RECORDED ON THE OCT/XX/07 LOG PAGE; BUT HAD OCT/XX/07 AS DATE IT WAS DEFERRED. I CALLED MAINT CTL AND THEY HAD ME CHANGE THE DATE TO OCT/XY/07. AFTER THAT CONVERSATION I CHKED THE MEL FOR ANYTHING THAT I NEEDED TO DO TO COMPLY. I SAW THERE WAS A LARGE AMOUNT OF TESTING THAT HAD TO BE DONE FOR THIS ITEM. THERE WAS NO NOTE IN THE LOGBOOK THAT THIS HAD BEEN DONE. SO I CALLED MAINT CTL AND WAS TOLD THAT IT WAS DONE AS PART THE DEFERRAL. I TOLD THE CTLR THAT A PLT HAD DONE THE DEFERRAL; NOT MAINT. I THEN SAID I WAS NOT COMFORTABLE WITH THAT AND THOUGHT WE SHOULD DO IT BECAUSE IT NEEDED TO BE DONE IN A 24 HR TIME FRAME AND WE WERE COMING UP ON THAT TIME. THE CTLR THEN TOLD ME THAT IT WAS MY JOB TO GET THE FLT OUT AND NOT WASTE TIME. I TOLD HIM THAT I WAS NOT GOING TO GO UNTIL WE DID THE PROC. HE THEN STARTED THROUGH THE TASK. APPROX 1/2 WAY THROUGH THE TASK HIS SUPVR GOT ON THE RADIO AND TOLD ME TO STOP BECAUSE IT HAD BEEN DONE ON THE OCT/XY/07; AND TO QUIT MAKING THIS FLT LATE. HE ASSURED ME THAT IT HAD BEEN DONE. WE DEPARTED FOR ZZZ AND IN ZZZ I CALLED THE CHIEF PLT; WHO WAS THE PLT WHO DID THE DEFERRAL AND WAS TOLD THAT HE DID NOT DO THE PROC; JUST THE PAPERWORK WITH THE MAINT CTLR. I THEN CALLED MAINT CTL AGAIN; AND WAS TOLD AGAIN THAT THEY WERE CORRECT; IT HAD BEEN DONE. I TOLD THEM ABOUT TALKING TO THE CHIEF PLT. THEN AND ONLY THEN DID THEY AGREE TO DO THE PROC FOR DEFERRAL. THIS IS A CLASSIC EXAMPLE OF MAINT CTL PUSHING PLTS TO GET FLTS OUT ON TIME AND NOT TAKING THE TIME TO FURTHER RESEARCH ISSUES SUCH AS THIS. ALSO; CHIEF PLT SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER AS HE IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE A VERY GOOD KNOWLEDGE OF OUR OPERATING PROCS. IF HE DOES NOT KNOW HOW TO DO A BASIC MAINT DEFERRAL; PERHAPS MORE TRAINING IS NEEDED; AS HE IS SUPPOSED TO SHOW KNOWLEDGE AND LEADERSHIP AS A CHIEF PLT.