Sorry, I don't buy it.
I do understand them not having a lot of turnaround time and prioritizing, but FARs against changing a lightbulb?
Princess,back in the old days you would have got the lights fixed,things have changed though.Heres the whole picture.Any mechanic can make a log book entry and fix a light bulb.That sounds simple,the truth is its not any more.
Usairways even pre Tempe has always used the policy of dont mess with it on through flts if you dont have to,fear of delays plays in here.
If I as a mechanic came out and was told about your problem made a log book entry and tried to fix it,and heaven forbid blew some breakers or anything out of the ordinary happened now we have a MX issue.People start to get stressed,you know that.If it runs into a delay,I get stuck with it.
Even if the lead and the supp are ok with doing the work,We get the delay if something goes wrong.All the fingers will point back to the guy who screwed up changing a light bulb,lol.Now if it was a bulb in a PSU and the PSU broke,now we have big problems.Either change the PSU if we have it or MEL it.Now that means someone isnt going flying today,cause that seat or seats now have to be blocked off,safety issue here.And all the fingers point back to the guy who broke the PSU and lost revenue for 3 people and caused a delay on a through flt....wow.
In other words my job is at risk because I tried to fix an a/c...the only person that ever gets in trouble is the guy who tries to fix an a/c cause hes the only one doing anything.Doing nothing if it doesnt have to be done is better then blowing it when it doesnt have to be done in the eyes of the overseers.
Things have changed. :down: :down: :down: