A320
Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP); Flight Crew Instrument
Communication Breakdown
Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Maintenance; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Smoke / Fire / Fumes / Odor
General Flight Cancelled / Delayed; General Maintenance Action
Aircraft; Human Factors
Wet old sock musty smell when APU Bleed turned on in flight deck. Fume event. One of the Maintenance Control agents stated this was 'normal' because oil needed to burn off. This was definitely the poisonous oil smell; nothing else. [The cause of the event indicates] lack of training to mechanics regarding the extremely poisonous nature of these fumes. Lack of keeping APU properly clean. Clean APU equates to less chance of contamination. This is on Airbus safety application. Maintenance Control needs to be trained on the serious nature of the poisonous fumes. APU need to be properly maintained to avoid fume events. It was dispatched just a few hours later with different crew.
A320 Captain reported a fumes event during preflight. The aircraft was assigned to Maintenance and was dispatched hours later with different crew.