A C207 PLT IS PRESSURED INTO FLYING A CHARTER IN MARGINAL WX; AND ENCOUNTERS FREEZING RAIN.

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WHILE FLYING A CESSNA 207 AT 500 FT MSL BETWEEN ZZZ1 ARPT AND ZZZ2 ARPT; I ENCOUNTERED FREEZING RAIN 15 MILES S OF ZZZ2. I STARTED THE PROPER PROC AS STATED IN THE CESSNA 207 PLT OPERATING HANDBOOK FOR ICING ENCOUNTERS. WITH THE FIRST SIGN THAT I HAD ENCOUNTERED FREEZING RAIN ON THE PLANE I QUICKLY CHANGED COURSE AND WITHIN SECONDS WAS OUT OF THE SIT. IN NO WAY DID I EVER INTEND TO PICK UP ANY KIND OF ICE BUT EVENTS HAPPEN AND I REALIZED THAT SHARING THIS INFO WOULD BE WORTH IT. THE FLT ENDED WITHOUT INCIDENT AND THEN I STARTED TO THINK OF SOME OF THE CAUSES THAT MADE THE SIT POSSIBLE. THE BIGGEST FACTOR WAS PRESSURE BY MANAGEMENT TO TAKE THE FLT IN AN AIRPLANE THAT IS NOT CAPABLE OF IMC AND SHEDDING ICE. THE ZZZ2 WX WAS RPTING 800 BROKEN AND 10 MILES VISIBILITY. ZZZ3 WX WAS 1200 BROKEN AND 10 MILES VISIBILITY. ZZZ1 DOES NOT HAVE RPTING WX. THE WX WAS GOOD ENOUGH TO ATTEMPT THE SCHEDULED FLT BUT IT HAD BEEN TURNED DOWN BY ANOTHER PLT DUE TO CONCERNS ABOUT THE WX. I HAD JUST RETURNED FROM ANOTHER SCHEDULED FLT BUT I WAS IN A BEECH 99 THAT WAS IFR CAPABLE. MANAGEMENT THEN APCHED ME ABOUT TAKING THE FLT AND USED PRESSURES FOR WHY I SHOULD ATTEMPT THE FLT; THESE WERE: 'PAX ARE WAITING AND WANT TO GET HOME;' 'YOU HAVE JUST COME IN FROM A FLT AND KNOW WHAT THE WX IS SO YOU CAN ALWAYS TURN AROUND;' 'WE'RE DISAPPOINTED THAT THE OTHER GUY WON'T TAKE THE FLT;' 'THE COMPANY CAN'T CONTINUE TO TELL THE PAX THAT WE ARE NOT FLYING BECAUSE OF WX WHILE OUR COMPETITION IS FLYING.' MY REPLY TO THESE WERE; 'THAT'S BECAUSE THEY FLY CESSNA 208 CARAVANS AND PIPER NAVAJO'S; BOTH WHICH ARE FULLY CAPABLE OF IMC AND SHEDDING ICE.' THESE PRESSURES COULD HAVE BEEN ANSWERED WITH A SIMPLE; 'NO GO.' EVERY TIME I FLY I LEARN SOMETHING NEW AND WITH THIS SIT IT HAS SHOWN ME THAT MANAGEMENT PRESSURES TO COMPLETE A FLT CAN PUT PLTS IN SITS THAT EXCEED THE ABILITY OF THE AIRPLANES AND THE PLTS WHO FLY THEM.