A319
Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Multiengine
Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
General Release Refused / Aircraft Not Accepted
Aircraft; Procedure; MEL; Company Policy
Here is the cut and paste from my IOR (Internal Occurrence Report)....I don't know if we swapped aircraft due to my statement to the mechanic and Dispatch that I would refuse the aircraft or not ...but last time this happened the CPO said I needed to file an IOR....so here it is. Also...there is no flight info on this flight when my previous flights pops up on the main menu for IOR and [Reporting Program].We returned to the gate due to an ELAC (ELevator Aileron Computer) 2 fault ECAM. Maintenance said they would defer it and send us with one ELAC. I told the mechanic that if they did that I would refuse the aircraft on account of the potential flight control degradation if the remaining ELAC failed. I informed Dispatch of the situation and we ended up with a new aircraft. I don't know if this was a result of my input or not; so I'm submitting this IOR just in case.
Captain reported refusing the aircraft after ELAC2 was placed on MEL.