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APC225
Was given the tour of the TMOC (mx). Shift supervisor (former CAL) said there were two eye-openers when they merged. One, LUAL pilots refused as many aircraft in two weeks as LCAL pilots refused in a year. It was a major shock. They dug into it and saw philosophical differences in the way mx treated write ups. LUAL's was keep ‘em flyin'. IOW, defer, defer, defer to MEL to limit. LCAL‘s was fix it ASAP to keep 'em flyin'. Both were valid but the LUAL method meant the LUAL pilot might have multiple MELs and rightfully refuse aircraft, while the LCAL pilot rarely had any MELs to consider at all therefore few refusals. It wasn't a matter of "low T" it was a matter of zero vs multiple MELs.
Not knowing the L-UAL side, I would agree with this. Other than the occasional LiveTV video screen or LiveTV control buttons in the arm rest I can't remember the last MEL I've seen on an aircraft I've flown. Even if we've called prior to or during boarding about something, MX personnel have always seemed to fix the problems that have come up.