Flight conducted with expired medical certificate.

Attributes
ACN	139005
Time
Date	199003
Day	Thu
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : oro
State Reference	CO
Altitude	msl bound lower : 6000 msl bound upper : 6000
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : dro
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Helicopter
Flight Phase	climbout : takeoff cruise other descent other
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 16400
ASRS Report	139005
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

I was told to fly a mission even though the aviation operations manager and chief pilot were told my physical expired. I felt I was forced to fly this mission or my job would be in jeopardy.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLT CONDUCTED WITH EXPIRED MEDICAL CERTIFICATE.

Narrative: I WAS TOLD TO FLY A MISSION EVEN THOUGH THE AVIATION OPS MGR AND CHIEF PLT WERE TOLD MY PHYSICAL EXPIRED. I FELT I WAS FORCED TO FLY THIS MISSION OR MY JOB WOULD BE IN JEOPARDY.

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.