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DHC6-300 first officer missed 2 radio calls account very upset after confrontation with flight manager. Claims company is trying to get rid of him account failure to advise company he would not be available to fly and a previous incident of reporting dispatcher to FAA resulting in dismissal of dispatcher.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 353344 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199611 |
| Day | Fri |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : las airport : vgt |
| State Reference | NV |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 3500 msl bound upper : 4000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | tracon : las |
| Operator | common carrier : air taxi |
| Make Model Name | Twin Otter DHC-6-300 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 135 |
| Flight Phase | cruise other |
| Route In Use | approach : visual |
| Flight Plan | VFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air taxi |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 160 flight time total : 7380 flight time type : 7000 |
| ASRS Report | 353344 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air taxi |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure non adherence : clearance |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
In sum: DHC6-300 reporter, first officer, missed 2 radio calls as a result of being very upset after being notified of reprimand by his flight manager. He feels very strongly he should not have flown the trip because of his mental state. Situation involved a report of refusal to fly by the dispatcher and failure to advise. Reporter claims he advised dispatch by phone twice he was not available due to death of a friend's father and illness of his wife. Flight manager had called a meeting just prior to the flight and was convinced the reporter was lying and issued the reprimand. Reporter had complained to the FAA previously regarding a dispatcher which resulted in dismissal. Thinks the company is trying to get rid of him.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: DHC6-300 FO MISSED 2 RADIO CALLS ACCOUNT VERY UPSET AFTER CONFRONTATION WITH FLT MGR. CLAIMS COMPANY IS TRYING TO GET RID OF HIM ACCOUNT FAILURE TO ADVISE COMPANY HE WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE TO FLY AND A PREVIOUS INCIDENT OF RPTING DISPATCHER TO FAA RESULTING IN DISMISSAL OF DISPATCHER.
Narrative: IN SUM: DHC6-300 RPTR, FO, MISSED 2 RADIO CALLS AS A RESULT OF BEING VERY UPSET AFTER BEING NOTIFIED OF REPRIMAND BY HIS FLT MGR. HE FEELS VERY STRONGLY HE SHOULD NOT HAVE FLOWN THE TRIP BECAUSE OF HIS MENTAL STATE. SIT INVOLVED A RPT OF REFUSAL TO FLY BY THE DISPATCHER AND FAILURE TO ADVISE. RPTR CLAIMS HE ADVISED DISPATCH BY PHONE TWICE HE WAS NOT AVAILABLE DUE TO DEATH OF A FRIEND'S FATHER AND ILLNESS OF HIS WIFE. FLT MGR HAD CALLED A MEETING JUST PRIOR TO THE FLT AND WAS CONVINCED THE RPTR WAS LYING AND ISSUED THE REPRIMAND. RPTR HAD COMPLAINED TO THE FAA PREVIOUSLY REGARDING A DISPATCHER WHICH RESULTED IN DISMISSAL. THINKS THE COMPANY IS TRYING TO GET RID OF HIM.
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.