An hs-125-800 captain found and reported multiple corroded screws on his aircraft upper wing surface...

Narrative:

We airlined to an airport to pick up an airplane for a reposition for a passenger [passenger] trip. On prefight readily apparent was corrosion on the majority of the screws on top of the wing; dozens if not hundreds. I have never seen corrosion this bad. On many of the screws the corrosion extended past the screw heads. After sending maintenance control pictures and discussing it with them I decided to have the plane evaluated for safety and regulatory compliance reasons. The next day I received a call from my chief pilot saying that this had turned into a big issue since this was done right before a pax trip. Not that that should matter; but it is also false. He said that I should expect to receive a request for a written report. He had seen the pictures and agreed it was horrendous. I don't know how to interpret this in any fashion other than blatant intimidation to not write up discrepancies.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An HS-125-800 Captain found and reported multiple corroded screws on his aircraft upper wing surface. His Chief pilot was unhappy with the Captain because his action affected the aircraft's availability.

Narrative: We airlined to an airport to pick up an airplane for a reposition for a PAX [passenger] trip. On prefight readily apparent was corrosion on the majority of the screws on top of the wing; dozens if not hundreds. I have never seen corrosion this bad. On many of the screws the corrosion extended past the screw heads. After sending Maintenance Control pictures and discussing it with them I decided to have the plane evaluated for safety and regulatory compliance reasons. The next day I received a call from my Chief Pilot saying that this had turned into a big issue since this was done right before a pax trip. Not that that should matter; but it is also false. He said that I should expect to receive a request for a written report. He had seen the pictures and agreed it was horrendous. I don't know how to interpret this in any fashion other than blatant intimidation to not write up discrepancies.

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Attributes
ACN	1242977
Time
Date	201502
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	HS 125 Series
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Wing Attachment
Person 1
Function	Captain Pilot Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

An hs-125-800 captain found and reported multiple corroded screws on his aircraft upper wing surface. His chief pilot was unhappy with the captain because his action affected the aircraft's availability.