Originally Posted by
shfo
OK old procedure at AE was mx comes to MEL. New procedure is they don't. It does not matter if we are at an outstation or DFW, maintenance will NOT come MEL or troubleshoot the item. If we call them they will say defer it or talk to your chief pilot and bring the union. The chief pilot will then say "airlines like Delta look down on pilots who are troublemakers and not accept legal aircraft." I actually had an ACP say that verbatim.
Delta doesn't look down on someone if they have good reasons not to fly it imhe.
But that MEL procedure is not out of line. It sucks they won't fix things but if it's not going to be fixed and you're okay to fly with it then you deal with maintenance control, MEL and fly. And the next pilot will get it, review it, and go fly without having a mechanic come out and sign it off.