FLAP SLAT INDICATOR MALFUNCTION UPON POSITIONING FLAP CONTROL TO UP.

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PROB WITH LEADING EDGE FLAP INDICATION ON CLEAN UP AFTER TKOF. WHILE PERFORMING CHKLIST TO DETERMINE WHETHER TO CONTINUE WITH CLEAN UP OR RETURN TO DEP ARPT; THE CAPT THOUGHT WE HAD A FLAP INDICATOR PROB; WHILE THE F/E THOUGHT WE HAD A FLAP MALFUNCTION PROB. ALTHOUGH THE F/E WAS CORRECT IN HIS DIAGNOSIS OF PROB; THE CAPT'S DIAGNOSIS OF AN INDICATOR MALFUNCTION WAS CONFIRMED BY MAINT ON ARR AT DEST. THERE WAS AN FAA INSPECTOR IN COCKPIT AND THIS RPT IS FILED IN CASE HE CHANGES HIS MIND AND DECIDES THE CREW WAS WRONG TO CONTINUE THE FLT WITH THE MISUNDERSTANDING BTWN THE PROB DIAGNOSIS OF CAPT AND F/E. THIS WOULD HAVE REQUIRED ADDITIONAL RPTS (RETURNING TO POINT OF DEP) IN ADDITION TO LOGBOOK WRITEUP. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING: MISUNDERSTANDING BTWN CAPT AND S/O HAD TO DO WITH REPOSITIONING THE FLAP CONTROL TO THE ORIGINAL POS. PROC ALSO CALLED FOR VISUALLY CHECKING THE POS OF THE FLAPS WITH THE HANDLE IN THE UP POS AND IT WAS DETERMINED EVERYTHING WAS NORMAL. RPTR IS VERY CONCERNED WITH THE ATTITUDE OF THE ACR REF TO THE INCIDENT. HE HAS HEARD NOTHING TO DATE BUT WAS ADVISED BY THE COMPANY WHEN TAKING INITIAL CAPT TRNING THAT SHOULD AN INCIDENT BE FILED WITH THE FAA; NO ACTION TAKEN; THE INCIDENT WOULD STILL REMAIN IN HIS FILE. THE ONLY WAY HE CAN DETERMINE IF A RPT WAS PUT IN HIS FILE IS TO QUERY FAA AND ASK FOR A READOUT. WHEN NO ACTION IS TAKEN; HE FEELS THE INCIDENT SHOULD NOT BE PUT IN YOUR FILE AND DROPPED PERIOD.