2 SEPARATE CREW MEMBERS RPT INTIMIDATION AND PLT PUSHING AT AN ACR.

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ON ARR AT ASSIGNED ACFT I WAS MET BY THE CHIEF PLT. WE WERE BOTH BASED IN MCO. HE ASKED IF HE COULD WALK WITH ME ON THE PREFLT. HE DID. I ASKED WHY HE FELT THE NEED. HE RESPONDED THAT HE WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE ITEMS THAT WERE MECHANICAL DISCREPANCIES SO THAT HANGAR MAINT COULD CORRECT THE PROBS BEFORE I 'GROUNDED' THE ACFT. I TOLD HIM I DID NOT GND ACFT I SIMPLY RECORD DISCREPANCIES AS DIRECTED BY FAR'S AND OUR OPS MANUAL. AS I NEARED THE END OF MY PREFLT I FOUND A DISCREPANCY THAT DID IN FACT SEND THE ACFT BACK TO THE HANGAR FOR APPROX 6 HRS. I INFORMED THE CHIEF PLT OF THIS. I ALSO ASKED WHY I WAS THE ONLY PLT THAT RECEIVED THIS ATTN. I TOLD HIM THAT I FELT THIS WAS HARASSMENT AND THAT I WOULD BE CALLING THE LCL FSDO TO SPEAK WITH AN INSPECTOR. THIS RESULTED IN THE CHIEF PLT SHOUTING AT ME ON THE RAMP IN FRONT OF MY CREW; A MECH AND RAMP PERSONNEL. THE SIT WAS SO BAD I INFORMED HIM I WOULD NOT CONTINUE THIS ON THE RAMP AND TURNED TO WALK AWAY. HE THEN ORDERED ME INTO HIS OFFICE WHERE THE DIRECTOR OF FLT ADMINISTRATION WAS ON SPEAKER PHONE. AFTER THE INCIDENT I ASKED NUMEROUS EMPLOYEES; PLTS; FLT ATTENDANTS; AND EVEN RAMP AGENTS IF HE HAD EVER DONE THIS TO ANOTHER PLT .THE ANSWER WAS NO. EVEN PEOPLE WHO ARE THE 5 DAYS PER WEEK WHEN THE CHIEF PLT IS THERE SAID I WAS THE ONLY ONE. I FEEL INTIMIDATED KNOWING THAT THE NEXT TIME I FIND A BROKEN AIRPLANE THAT I MAY LOSE MY JOB. THIS AIRLINE IS FAMOUS FOR THIS. SUPPLEMENTAL INFO FROM ACN 491639: I FEEL THERE IS A SIT THAT CAN BE CONSIDERED DANGEROUS AND ILLEGAL. WHEN IN MCO DURING PREFLT I NOTICED A POSSIBLE CRACK IN THE CARGO BIN. MAINT WAS AT THE ACFT. WE TOLD THEM OF THE POSSIBILITY AND THEY SAID THAT I AM NOT ALLOWED TO LOOK IN THERE DURING PREFLT. I TOLD THEM THAT THE FAA SAYS I AM TO DO A COMPLETE AND ACCURATE PREFLT. HE STARTED YELLING AND SAID THAT THAT WOULD BE REALLY STUPID TO GND THE ACFT FOR THAT. THE PROB IS THERE IS A FIBERGLASS PANEL ON THE AFT BULKHEAD OF THE CARGO AREA THAT IS CONSTANTLY HAVING CRACKS DUE TO THE WEAKNESS OF THE PANEL. SINCE THIS IS A HALON EQUIPPED CARGO AREA WE WERE TOLD IN TRAINING THAT THIS SHOULD BE SEALED. I ALSO FEEL THAT DUE TO CONTRACT TALKS THE COMPANY IS THREATENING PLTS WITH THEIR JOBS. THE FAA HOWEVER IS VERY STRICT WHEN IT COMES TO THE SAFETY OF THE PAX. I JUST DON'T UNDERSTAND HOW A COMPANY WHO SAYS THEY ARE SAFETY CONSCIOUS CAN TRY AND DO SUCH AN OLD AND OUTDATED TACTIC.