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.
The answer to that scenario is "it broke on landing".
Or - "I hit it with my Jepps about 30 seconds ago".
How could they prove it was broken previous to that?
If we were to write up every specific little stupid thing then the planes would never fly. No airline would go anywhere. Ontime performance wouldn't exist. There are things you have to chose to ignore. Pick your battles wisely because you can't fight them all.