External pressure affecting pilot decision making.
I am looking for examples of management pressure, possibly inadvertent, affecting pilots in a negative way. Looking at Lockhart River for example, the skipper had almost been endorsed by management to carry out GPS approaches while himself unqualified, the fact that he carried one out on the day of the tragic accident could have been forecast by any of the company's first officers I am sure. By not in some way trying to stop his non-SOP antics, the company management endorsed his behaviour, in my view.
Another example is the low cost carrier approach to pay; when you fly you get paid, obviously when you do not fly you do not get paid. With a wife, two children and a mortgage to pay there is no decision to make, the pilot must fly when sick! The same could be said of the 'commercial' alternate and lower experienced captains; the Company demands the cheapest alternate, even though the weather is less than ideal I must go there.
Any real world examples of this insidious pressure would be much appreciated.
Hobbit