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Air carrier pilot exhibits a certain level of paranoia towards his company when diverting to an airport short of destination. Claims his air carrier is on a witch hunt and anticipates legal action against him. Diverted account passenger medical emergency.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 135288 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199001 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : clt |
| State Reference | NC |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 37000 msl bound upper : 37000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : ztl |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng |
| Navigation In Use | Other Other |
| Flight Phase | cruise other descent other landing other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 50 flight time total : 10000 flight time type : 1200 |
| ASRS Report | 135288 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | inflight encounter other other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Ambiguous |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Passenger illness. Declared medical emergency. Diverted to nearest airport. No known problem, but my company is conducting a witch hunt. Will probably find a problem, fire me and then turn me in to the FAA.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: ACR PLT EXHIBITS A CERTAIN LEVEL OF PARANOIA TOWARDS HIS COMPANY WHEN DIVERTING TO AN ARPT SHORT OF DESTINATION. CLAIMS HIS ACR IS ON A WITCH HUNT AND ANTICIPATES LEGAL ACTION AGAINST HIM. DIVERTED ACCOUNT PASSENGER MEDICAL EMERGENCY.
Narrative: PAX ILLNESS. DECLARED MEDICAL EMER. DIVERTED TO NEAREST ARPT. NO KNOWN PROBLEM, BUT MY COMPANY IS CONDUCTING A WITCH HUNT. WILL PROBABLY FIND A PROBLEM, FIRE ME AND THEN TURN ME IN TO THE FAA.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.