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Synopsis
Glf4 Plt Expresses Concern Over Coplt's Attitude And Competence And The Company Owner's Actions Relative To Safety Of Flt. Plt Terminated Over Disagreement With Owner.
Narrative
Having Just Recently Hired A New Coplt, My Duties As Chief Plt Required Me To Train Him To The Standards Of Our Company. During The 9 Wk Period Since Having Hired Him, He Has Made Numerous Mistakes And I Have Attempted To Correct Them. He Made Several Mistakes At The Same Time My Employer And His Family Were On Board. When I Corrected Him On One Of His Mistakes, He Became Very Angry And Got Out Of His Coplt Seat And Went Into The Cabin And Complained To Our Employer Who Came Up To The Flt Deck And Started Yelling At Me For Criticizing The Coplt. I Told Him That This Was Not The Time Nor Place To Discuss This. After Yelling At Me Some More He Finally Went To The Cabin And Sat Down. However, This Now Emboldened The Coplt Into Thinking That He Did Not Have To Comply With My Instructions. His Attitude Became Disobedient And Argumentative. He Was Very Disagreeable. While On The Gnd, The Owner Came Up To The Flt Deck And He And The Coplt Proceeded To Argue, Yell And Harass Me, Which Caused A Distr In The Fuel Procs. I Only Wanted 25000 Lbs, But Because Of The Distr, I Ended Up With 29000 Lbs. At The Same Time, Several Lights Illuminated On The Conflict Alert Sys Stall Barrier, Standby Pitot And Antiskid. I Did Not Know What Was Causing This. I Then Told The Owner That Due To The Coplt's Unruly Attitude, The Maint Items And The Fact That The Airplane Could Not Legally Land At Zzz Because It Would Be 4000 Lbs Over Its Gross Lndg Wt, That I Was Going To Cancel The Flt. At That Point He Became Very Angry And Started Arguing With Me Over My Decision To Cancel The Flt. At The Same Time The Coplt Was Encouraging The Owner That I Was Making A Wrong Decision. The Owner, Who Is Not A Plt, Then Gave Me An Angry Ultimatum -- Either I Fly The Flt Or I Would Be Terminated. Much To My Regret, I Flew The Flt. During The Flt, The Coplt Was Uncooperative, Argumentative And Unsafe. At The Same Time During The Flt, The Owner Came To The Flt Deck Approx 5 Or 6 Times To Express His Anger And Displeasure With Me. On 2 Of These Occasions, He Made Me Get Out Of My Plt Seat To Talk To Him. In The Vestibule, While Doing This, He Was Poking Me In The Chest With His Finger And Questioning My Mgmnt Style. I Kept Telling Him That This Was Not The Time Nor The Place To Discuss Those Matters. I Had To Order Him Several Times To Sit Down And That He Was Not To Interfere With Me In The Performance Of My Duties. I Also Warned Him That The Seatbelt Sign Was Illuminated And That By Reg He Was To Be In His Seat. At One Point I Had To Warn Him That If He Didn't Comply With My Order I Would Declare An Emer And Land At The Nearest Arpt. When I Told Him That, He Threatened That He And The Coplt Would Fly The Airplane. Not Wanting To Risk That, I Just Continued To Let Myself Be Yelled At And Harassed. On The Apch, The Coplt Would Not Give Me Any Readouts -- Alt, Airspd, Rwy In Sight, And No Readouts After Lndg, Gnd Spoilers, Thrust Reversers Deployed Or Spd Readouts. After The Pax Deplaned, The Owner Took Me Into The Plt Crew Lounge To Talk To Me. He Asked Me If I Was Going To Fly The Rest Of The Flt. I Told Him No Because I Considered It Unsafe Because Of The Coplt's Attitude And The Maint. I Did Tell Him I Would Accept The Flt With A Different Coplt And With The Maint Items Looked At. He Became Angry And Started Yelling At Me And Quite Unexpectedly Pushed Me On The Chest Causing Me To Fall To The Floor Striking My Back And The Back Of My Head On The Handle Of A Reclining Chair. I Got Up As Quick As I Was Able And Left The Airplane. I Since Have Been Terminated, And The Company Obtained A Contract Plt.
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Just so you know, it was in all caps on the ASRS website and flightinfo.com submittal changed it...
Glf4 Plt Expresses Concern Over Coplt's Attitude And Competence And The Company Owner's Actions Relative To Safety Of Flt. Plt Terminated Over Disagreement With Owner.
Narrative
Having Just Recently Hired A New Coplt, My Duties As Chief Plt Required Me To Train Him To The Standards Of Our Company. During The 9 Wk Period Since Having Hired Him, He Has Made Numerous Mistakes And I Have Attempted To Correct Them. He Made Several Mistakes At The Same Time My Employer And His Family Were On Board. When I Corrected Him On One Of His Mistakes, He Became Very Angry And Got Out Of His Coplt Seat And Went Into The Cabin And Complained To Our Employer Who Came Up To The Flt Deck And Started Yelling At Me For Criticizing The Coplt. I Told Him That This Was Not The Time Nor Place To Discuss This. After Yelling At Me Some More He Finally Went To The Cabin And Sat Down. However, This Now Emboldened The Coplt Into Thinking That He Did Not Have To Comply With My Instructions. His Attitude Became Disobedient And Argumentative. He Was Very Disagreeable. While On The Gnd, The Owner Came Up To The Flt Deck And He And The Coplt Proceeded To Argue, Yell And Harass Me, Which Caused A Distr In The Fuel Procs. I Only Wanted 25000 Lbs, But Because Of The Distr, I Ended Up With 29000 Lbs. At The Same Time, Several Lights Illuminated On The Conflict Alert Sys Stall Barrier, Standby Pitot And Antiskid. I Did Not Know What Was Causing This. I Then Told The Owner That Due To The Coplt's Unruly Attitude, The Maint Items And The Fact That The Airplane Could Not Legally Land At Zzz Because It Would Be 4000 Lbs Over Its Gross Lndg Wt, That I Was Going To Cancel The Flt. At That Point He Became Very Angry And Started Arguing With Me Over My Decision To Cancel The Flt. At The Same Time The Coplt Was Encouraging The Owner That I Was Making A Wrong Decision. The Owner, Who Is Not A Plt, Then Gave Me An Angry Ultimatum -- Either I Fly The Flt Or I Would Be Terminated. Much To My Regret, I Flew The Flt. During The Flt, The Coplt Was Uncooperative, Argumentative And Unsafe. At The Same Time During The Flt, The Owner Came To The Flt Deck Approx 5 Or 6 Times To Express His Anger And Displeasure With Me. On 2 Of These Occasions, He Made Me Get Out Of My Plt Seat To Talk To Him. In The Vestibule, While Doing This, He Was Poking Me In The Chest With His Finger And Questioning My Mgmnt Style. I Kept Telling Him That This Was Not The Time Nor The Place To Discuss Those Matters. I Had To Order Him Several Times To Sit Down And That He Was Not To Interfere With Me In The Performance Of My Duties. I Also Warned Him That The Seatbelt Sign Was Illuminated And That By Reg He Was To Be In His Seat. At One Point I Had To Warn Him That If He Didn't Comply With My Order I Would Declare An Emer And Land At The Nearest Arpt. When I Told Him That, He Threatened That He And The Coplt Would Fly The Airplane. Not Wanting To Risk That, I Just Continued To Let Myself Be Yelled At And Harassed. On The Apch, The Coplt Would Not Give Me Any Readouts -- Alt, Airspd, Rwy In Sight, And No Readouts After Lndg, Gnd Spoilers, Thrust Reversers Deployed Or Spd Readouts. After The Pax Deplaned, The Owner Took Me Into The Plt Crew Lounge To Talk To Me. He Asked Me If I Was Going To Fly The Rest Of The Flt. I Told Him No Because I Considered It Unsafe Because Of The Coplt's Attitude And The Maint. I Did Tell Him I Would Accept The Flt With A Different Coplt And With The Maint Items Looked At. He Became Angry And Started Yelling At Me And Quite Unexpectedly Pushed Me On The Chest Causing Me To Fall To The Floor Striking My Back And The Back Of My Head On The Handle Of A Reclining Chair. I Got Up As Quick As I Was Able And Left The Airplane. I Since Have Been Terminated, And The Company Obtained A Contract Plt.
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Just so you know, it was in all caps on the ASRS website and flightinfo.com submittal changed it...
