Scared of using the technical log?
In my capacity as CAM, QM and independent auditor over the last few years I note that some sectors of commercial and large private (CMPA) aircraft operations are very reluctant to use the technical log. Where it is required - and I'm referring mainly to corporate or GA type commercial ops - I can go through months worth of SRPs with absolutely no defect recorded where I know defects occurred or are extant. Email prior to the maintenance input appears to be the favourite method of relaying defects among the corporate operators; post-it notes or scraps of paper for the GA types. There is some misconception also that the technical log is required only for MEL items; not so! Part M, EU-OPS etc and the other international regs all require known defects to be recorded (and I am not that naive - most can occur on the inbound sector); OPS manuals also stipulate this. So, why is this?