B747-200 CAPT WAS TOLD BY THE ACR CHIEF PLT THAT HE WOULD BE FIRED IF HE REFUSED TO FLY THE ACFT. THE OUTBOARD TRAILING EDGE FLAPS WOULD NOT EXTEND TO 30 DEGS.

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ACFT (B747-200) FREIGHTER FLOWN HAD SEVERAL REPEAT MAINT WRITE-UPS REFLECTING THAT ON FINAL APCH WHEN LNDG FLAPS (30 DEGS) WERE SELECTED; THE INBOARD FLAPS WENT TO 30 DEGS BUT THE OUTBOARD FLAPS REMAINED AT 25 DEGS. MAINT AT HONG KONG REPLACED AN OUTBOARD FLAP FLOW CTLR AND FELT THAT THE PROB POSSIBLY WAS FIXED. THE LOAD CTLR REMAINED DEFERRED IN THE LOGBOOK AWAITING CREW COMMENTS IF FLAPS OPERATED NORMALLY AT NEXT LNDG IN INCHON KOREA. THE PROB OCCURRED ONCE AGAIN ON LNDG IN KOREA AND WAS ONCE AGAIN ENTERED IN THE MAINT LOGBOOK. I CONTACTED COMPANY OPS TO TELL THEM THAT I DID NOT WANT TO CONTINUE FLYING THE ACFT ON ANOTHER LEG TO ANC BEING UNABLE TO GET 30 DEGS OF FLAPS ON THE OUTBOARDS AND HAVING TO USE ONLY 25 DEGS OF FLAPS ON ALL FLAPS. I WAS CONNECTED TO SYS CHIEF PLT; AND EXPLAINED THE PROB WITH THE ACFT TO HIM AND MY DESIRES TO HAVE THE ACFT FIXED BEFORE OPERATING ANOTHER FLT. HE INFORMED ME THAT HE AND MAINT DECIDED TO OPERATE THE ACFT IN THE DEFERRED CONDITION AND TO CONTINUE THE FLT. I TOLD HIM I DID NOT BELIEVE THAT WAS THE CORRECT THING TO DO. HE THEN TOLD ME 'MOVE THE ACFT; CAPT. IT WILL BE FIXED IN JFK AFTER OPERATING TO ANC AND ORD.' I FELT MY JOB WOULD BE IN JEOPARDY IF I REFUSED TO FLY THE ACFT. I CONTINUED TO ANC AND CONDUCTED THE APCH AND LNDG WITH 25 DEGS OF FLAPS. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR SAID THE ACR ORDERS FLT CREW'S TO OPERATE BROKEN ACFT ALL THE TIME. TYPICALLY SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DEFERRED IS; EVEN THOUGH IT HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH THE PROB. THE PLT FLEW THE ACFT TO PANC; WHERE THE OUTBOUND CAPT REFUSED THE ACFT. HE WAS THEN ORDERED TO FLY THE ACFT. AFTER HE ARRIVED IN ORD HE CALLED THE UNION SAFETY REPRESENTATIVE. THE UNION SAFETY REPRESENTATIVE THEN CALLED THE ACR MGMNT SAFETY REPRESENTATIVE; AND HE GNDED THE ACFT. MAINT THEN DID A SIMPLE REPAIR AND SIGNED OFF THE DEFERRED ITEM; THAT HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH THE REAL PROB. THE ACFT STILL IS NOT FIXED; AND FLT CREW'S ARE BEING ORDERED TO FLY THE ACFT.