B767 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Flight Crew Instrument; Flight Crew Multiengine; Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Flight Crew Last 90 Days 207; Flight Crew Total 10144.20; Flight Crew Type 7443.47
Troubleshooting; Workload; Confusion; Time Pressure; Training / Qualification
Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
General Maintenance Action
Human Factors; Aircraft
Enroute I identified a mechanical defect on the LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) display of the Captains VOR/DME (Omnidirectional Range/Distance Measuring Equipment) control panel on this aircraft. I entered the item into the ACARS reporting screen and sent it. We left the aircraft at customs and I assumed it would be fixed. Unknown to me at the time; the mechanic who addressed this defect signed it off as a 'FALSE DISCREPANCY'. I simply cannot understand this as I clearly described the defect; where it was located; etc.The next day; I was scheduled and did fly the same aircraft. Shortly after arriving in the flight deck; I noticed the Captains VOR/DME panel was still not repaired. I looked at the log history and found the mechanic previous day (don't know who it is); did nothing and signed it off. I entered the item again; and called Maintenance.[Maintenance] came to the flight deck; looked at it; and informed us that it was indeed defective; and was not deferrable because it was powered by the STANDBY Bus. It took them about an hour to procure a replacement and defer a wheel well fire indicator; they did a great job. Generated the MRD and we left very late. However we arrived a few minutes early in [destination].I can only find two explanations for this.Either the mechanic who signed it off on the [first date] was either intentionally signing it off without repairing it; or could not locate the item; and was looking at another LCD indicator and found it normal. In one case this is a training competence issue; the other an attitude of non compliance. Both of these are disturbing to me as a pilot. Also interesting is that the aircraft was flown to [country] and back between the two flights I operated it; with no report then either.After it was properly repaired; we departed.It is really all too unfortunate that the mechanic who signed this off on the [first day] did not repair the defect when the aircraft had 3 hours of ground time.Because of this mechanic; we incurred a lengthy delay; and then had to burn thousands of dollars of extra fuel to get our passengers to [destination] on time.So; in conclusion; not only did this caused a lengthy delay on the [second day]; caused many dollars of extra fuel to be burned that would have been unnecessary; but also generates an incident of non compliance with the federal air regulations that most likely needs to be self reported.
Flight crew reported after writing up an inop aircraft avionics component; Maintenance failed to repair it prior to next days departure resulting in lengthy delay.