No Aircraft
Communication Breakdown
Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Maintenance; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
General Maintenance Action
Aircraft; Human Factors
Captain requested a phone patch with Maintenance Control to report that First Officer had found a brake line disconnected. He requested Maintenance Control file a safety report. Maintenance Control disagreed with him because he thought 'I did nothing wrong'. The captain and I want this investigated as brake lines just do not routinely come off. Apparently the airplane had some brake work done in the past few days according to Maintenance Control. Both the captain and I came away with the impression that Maintenance Control just wanted to have a mechanic re-attach the brake line; and leave it at that.  Shoddy maintenance or possibly even aircraft tampering are both serious situations which warrant the utmost concern from anyone that works at [this company]. In addition to the brake situation; unfortunately this is not the first time that a Maintenance controller falls short on professionalism. This needs to be addressed soon.
A Dispatcher reported that a flight crew member wanted maintenance control to file a safety report after finding a brake line disconnected.