Commercial Fixed Wing
Maintenance Airframe; Maintenance Powerplant
Maintenance Lead Technician 3; Maintenance Technician 27
Confusion; Time Pressure
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
General Maintenance Action
Company Policy; Human Factors; Logbook Entry; Aircraft
Management has stated they want the Logbooks on-board ETOPS trips 30-minutes prior to departure. This is an unfair burden to me as an ETOPS Lead Mechanic; and a violation of critical behaviors. Yesterday; September 2014; Management once again reiterated this policy. This time; however; Supervisor X stated he was being pressured from Shift Manager X to get the ETOPS logbooks on-board 30-minutes prior to departure. Safety and compliance must be a priority over scheduling. Creating artificial timelines to get the Logbook on-board to satisfy scheduling concerns is a detriment to safety and compliance. Furthermore; I was advised by a Mechanic that Shift Manager Y has limited mechanics taxi/tow walkarounds to obvious damage and bird-strikes. This follows a Mechanic documenting B757 brake cracks on three occasions. The cracks on the brake's faceplate is a known defect and can easily be seen through the wheel spokes. This is another example of ZZZ Management favoring scheduling over safety.
Reporter stated that since Management started putting time lines on Maintenance personnel to have the Logbooks on-board ETOPS aircraft 30-minutes prior to departure; an unwritten cryptic message is being sent to technicians that scheduling has priority over their responsibilities for safety and compliance.
A Lead Aircraft Maintenance Technician (AMT) reports his Air Carrier Management has stated they want the Logbooks on-board ETOPS trips thirty minutes prior to departure. Creating artificial timelines is a detriment to safety and compliance. He also notes a Shift Manager has limited mechanics Taxi/Tow walkarounds to obvious damage and bird-strikes.