Maintenance Powerplant; Maintenance Airframe
Troubleshooting; Workload; Communication Breakdown; Situational Awareness; Time Pressure
Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Maintenance; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural FAR
General Flight Cancelled / Delayed; General Maintenance Action
Incorrect / Not Installed / Unavailable Part; Procedure; Aircraft; Human Factors
Avionics Technician Y; [and I]; were sent to ZZZ to work Aircraft X. Midnight Shift had written up the emergency lights inoperative at seat row 22ABC to 26ABC. When we arrived; we powered up the aircraft and turned on the emergency lights. Technician Y noticed that first class emergency lights were also inoperative and the aft cabin emergency lights were inoperative from row 32ABC to the aft cabin. At the same time I noticed the seat row 20ABC and 21ABC red emergency light lens were broken. The representative from ZZZ was right next to me. He found one of the lens; but it was broken in two pieces and unusable. I initiated log items to document what we found. Technician Y was troubleshooting the aft cabin as I documented the defects. all of a sudden; Technician Y's phone rings and over the speaker says we just arrived and we must return back to ZZZ because we are writing too many things up. Maintenance Control spoke to us on the vendors phone and told us the same thing. This is outrageous that we should be punished for doing our job. Had we looked the other way it would have be OK and we would have gotten the overtime required to finish the log item written up by Midnight Shift. Later; Technician Y called Maintenance Control and now he denied that we were being sent home for the write ups; but said ZZZ was not a maintenance station where we change parts. That is what he said. You can speak with Technician Y. This is harassment and punishment for doing our job.
While on a road trip to an out station; Technician reported being ordered to return to home station because they were writing too many things up.