Narrative:

Climbing through FL180; bleed 2 leak. Declared an emergency; planned to return to ZZZ for an overweight landing. Accomplished checklists and requested crash fire rescue to be standing by. Landed normal cleared active runways and had crash fire rescue inspect aircraft and insert gear pins. Taxied to gate; deplaned and called dispatch; maintenance. I then got a phone call from the chief pilot questioning my reasons for having inserted the gear pins and raised doubts about how I handled the situation. Putting this in context; the previous week I had received a phone call from the chief pilot questioning the volume of maintenance write-ups that has occurred in the past 90 days. He also stated that the spotlight would be on me. The call relating to the bleed leak and overweight landing I believe questioned my emergency captain's authority and I felt threatened to accomplish my duties as pilot in command. Later; I was asked by dispatch to taxi aircraft X prior to the overweight landing inspection being complete. I refused; stating concerns about the integrity of the landing gear. After explaining this to dispatch; he agreed. Following this; my chief pilot called for the second time and identified himself and said; 'I have 3 words for you -- move the airplane.' I raised my safety objections; but felt that my job at this point was being threatened and I faced termination if I refused. I complied and moved the aircraft. The attitude in ZZZ1 barring my dispatcher was to put it as in the words of maintenance control were just trying to 'get planes out of ZZZ' safely or not. This bleed had happened 2 times prior to this. The problem should have been resolved prior to my third write-up.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: EMB145 Captain reports bleed leak climbing through FL180 and returns to departure airport for overweight landing. Gear pins are installed by CFR prior to taxi to gate. Chief Pilot chastises reporter for installing pins and refusing to move aircraft from gate prior to overweight landing inspection.

Narrative: Climbing through FL180; bleed 2 leak. Declared an emergency; planned to return to ZZZ for an overweight landing. Accomplished checklists and requested Crash Fire Rescue to be standing by. Landed normal cleared active runways and had Crash Fire Rescue inspect aircraft and insert gear pins. Taxied to gate; deplaned and called Dispatch; Maintenance. I then got a phone call from the Chief Pilot questioning my reasons for having inserted the gear pins and raised doubts about how I handled the situation. Putting this in context; the previous week I had received a phone call from the Chief Pilot questioning the volume of maintenance write-ups that has occurred in the past 90 days. He also stated that the spotlight would be on me. The call relating to the bleed leak and overweight landing I believe questioned my Emergency Captain's Authority and I felt threatened to accomplish my duties as Pilot in Command. Later; I was asked by Dispatch to taxi aircraft X prior to the overweight landing inspection being complete. I refused; stating concerns about the integrity of the landing gear. After explaining this to Dispatch; he agreed. Following this; my Chief Pilot called for the second time and identified himself and said; 'I have 3 words for you -- MOVE THE AIRPLANE.' I raised my safety objections; but felt that my job at this point was being threatened and I faced termination if I refused. I complied and moved the aircraft. The attitude in ZZZ1 barring my Dispatcher was to put it as in the words of Maintenance Control were just trying to 'get planes out of ZZZ' safely or not. This bleed had happened 2 times prior to this. The problem should have been resolved prior to my third write-up.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.