Commuter PIC coerced into carrying biohazardous material on flight.

Attributes
ACN	261882
Time
Date	199401
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : clt
State Reference	NC
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Any Unknown or Unlisted Aircraft Manufacturer
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 135
Flight Phase	ground : preflight
Flight Plan	VFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : cfi pilot : atp pilot : instrument
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 250 flight time total : 6800 flight time type : 2300
ASRS Report	261882
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	other personnel other
Qualification	other other : other
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted none taken : unable
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

I was told by our management to carry biohazardous material on my aircraft, even though our flight operations manual specifies that we cannot carry any hazardous material. I did not want to do it, but was coerced into carrying this package.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: COMMUTER PIC COERCED INTO CARRYING BIOHAZARDOUS MATERIAL ON FLT.

Narrative: I WAS TOLD BY OUR MGMNT TO CARRY BIOHAZARDOUS MATERIAL ON MY ACFT, EVEN THOUGH OUR FLT OPS MANUAL SPECIFIES THAT WE CANNOT CARRY ANY HAZARDOUS MATERIAL. I DID NOT WANT TO DO IT, BUT WAS COERCED INTO CARRYING THIS PACKAGE.

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.