Maintenance Powerplant; Maintenance Airframe
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural FAR; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Maintenance; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
Manuals; Procedure; Company Policy
The pre-departure checklists have the following added to the header of the checklist: 'NOTE: This check is to be done at the gate or hangar prior to taking the aircraft to the gate at the discretion of the Lead or Supervisor. The purpose of this form is to guide technicians through the crew's pre-flight checks to improve our on-time departure rate.This form does not require documentation in [Company Documents] or the use of the AMM (Aircraft Maintenance Manual). However; if a discrepancy is found as a result of this check; it must be documented.' This is clearly instructing maintenance personnel to perform maintenance activities without documentation in the aircraft paperwork system and is also stating that it is acceptable for maintenance personnel to perform maintenance activities without manual references. I believe this to be a violation of the federal aviation regulations and feel encouraging our workforce to perform any maintenance activities without documentation or proper manual references would diminish our safety and compliance culture.In order to have an acceptable pre-departure checklist per the [CFRs] (Code of Federal Regulations); an internal document should be added to AMM chapter X stating the checks to be performed and proper manual references; These checks should be properly documented as having been accomplished in our maintenance paperwork system.
Air carrier Maintenance Supervisor described maintenance requirements without a published procedure.