COMPANY HARASSMENT AND INTERFERENCE DURING PREFLT RPTED.

Date: 2000-06 · Aircraft: Brasilia EMB-120 All Series · Phase: ground

Anomalies: deviation-discrepancy-procedural-published-material-policy|other-crew-intorference-by-hgmt

Synopsis

COMPANY HARASSMENT AND INTERFERENCE DURING PREFLT RPTED.

Narrative

DURING PREFLT PREPARATION PROCS; AFTER SHORT NOTICE ACFT CHANGE WHICH INVOLVED DEPLANING ALL PAX AT DEP TIME WHILE PERFORMING ACFT INSPECTION AND ACCEPTANCE PROCS FOR SECOND ACFT ASSIGNMENT AND DURING HASTY PAX REBOARDING; EXPERIENCED A VISIT IN THE COCKPIT FROM THE BASE CHIEF PLT WHICH TENDED TO INTERFERE WITH PERFORMANCE OF FLC DUTIES AS WE WERE SUBJECTED TO QUESTIONING PERTAINING TO THE PREVIOUS ACFT AND ITS MAINT DISCREPANCY WHICH RESULTED IN THE ACFT CHANGE. REGRETFULLY; MY COMPANY ENCOURAGES LIMITS ON FLC PREFLT INSPECTIONS SUCH AS: NEVER CHKING ENG AND GEAR BOX CHIP DETECTOR INDICATIONS (READILY ACCESSIBLE ON GND); UNDER EMPHASIZING INSPECTION OF PWR LEVER FLT IDLE STOP SOLENOID CIRCUIT BREAKERS BY ALLOWING THE INSPECTION WINDOW TO BECOME UNUSABLE DUE TO SCARRING AND PAINT OVERSPRAY; DISCOURAGING THE SQUAWKING OF OIL-FOULED APU BLEED AIR EVEN THOUGH IT'S SO BAD THE LAVATORY SMOKE DETECTOR ALARMS; AND EVEN AUTHORIZING A FLT TO TAKE OFF WITH A COCKPIT DOOR AIR CONDITIONING BLOWOUT SHEAR PLATE INSTALLED BACKWARDS.

Source: NASA Aviation Safety Reporting System (public domain). Reports are voluntary submissions and are not verified by NASA.