Originally Posted by
hercretired
Per the FAA:
The objective of an ASAP is to encourage employees of air carriers, repair stations, or other entities (collectively referred
to as “eligible entities”) to voluntarily report safety information that may be critical to identifying potential precursors to accidents.
Per ALPA:
ASAP fosters a voluntary, cooperative, non-punitive environment for the open reporting of safety of flight concerns. Through such reporting, all parties will have access to valuable safety information that may not otherwise be obtainable. This information will be analyzed in order to develop corrective action to help solve safety issues and possibly eliminate deviations from Federal Aviation Rules.
not sure how ASAP would apply to administrative paperwork issues in training department. Many have already agreed that nobody is flying around unsafe or incompetent as a result of these issues.
ERC has wide discretion on what is accepted into the program. Paperwork issues have in the past provided protection from logbook errors (flying with open write ups discovered days later). Timelines can be discretionary. Generally it’s 24 hrs from end of sequence (or when you’re first aware of the issue) but that can be extended. Theres an advisory circular outlining asap programs and how there supposed to work. It’s 20 plus pages so a bit more to it than that one paragraph.