A flight manager confronts an A319 captain regarding his refusal to fly an aircraft with a deferred ...

Attributes
ACN	853868
Time
Date	200909
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A319
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Turbine Engine Thrust Reverser
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Captain
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 250 Flight Crew Total 18500 Flight Crew Type 8000
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical

Narrative:

I refused aircraft for inop thrust reverser for safety of flight reasons. Flight was planned heavy due to duration and in my opinion left little margin for error in a heavy weight landing;i.e. Return to field or diversion or other unplanned events at destination. A local flight manager approached me in operations questioning my refusal in an obvious manner that was simple pilot pushing to fly a broken airplane due to economic reasons.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A flight manager confronts an A319 Captain regarding his refusal to fly an aircraft with a deferred thrust reverser.

Narrative: I refused aircraft for inop thrust reverser for safety of flight reasons. Flight was planned heavy due to duration and in my opinion left little margin for error in a heavy weight landing;i.e. return to field or diversion or other unplanned events at destination. A local flight manager approached me in operations questioning my refusal in an obvious manner that was simple pilot pushing to fly a broken airplane due to economic reasons.

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.

A flight manager confronts an A319 captain regarding his refusal to fly an aircraft with a deferred thrust reverser.