Originally Posted by shfo

OK so lets say a window shade is busted. You don't write it up to "complete the mission". You get back to DFW and a passenger comes up to you and informs you he is an FAA safety inspector doing an audit and asks to check the maintenance log. He notices the busted window shade and lack of a write up. Both members of the crew are now SOL. Don't think it can happen to you, think again. It happened to a ORD EMJ crew about a year ago. There is also an F4 message about it now. I know many of the ATR captains in DFW and they are all a bunch of great guys and gal. They all also want to eventually move on to other places. Taking off with a known deficiency no matter how insignificant could hurt their future.