Emb-135 first officer reports requesting he be removed from a flight due to the captain's overweight...

Narrative:

During the pre-takeoff control check the captain; who is extremely over weight; had to slide back their chair in order for me to check full travel of the controls. After checking the controls the captain slid the chair up to the original position. The first leg was the captain's so I figured the captain was able to get full motion out of the controls. During the second leg back; I was unable to have full range of motion in the control while hand flying with the captain in the seat. This is an extreme safety issue. Not only because the restricted control travel but in the event of an emergency; I would not be able utilize some emergency exits because of the captain's extreme size. After landing I asked to be reassigned to a different trip. Scheduling informed me that there were no trips available so I asked to be removed from the flight.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: EMB-135 First Officer reports requesting he be removed from a flight due to the Captain's overweight condition causing a restriction to the yoke in the full up elevator direction.

Narrative: During the pre-takeoff control check the Captain; who is extremely over weight; had to slide back their chair in order for me to check full travel of the controls. After checking the controls the Captain slid the chair up to the original position. The first leg was the Captain's so I figured the Captain was able to get full motion out of the controls. During the second leg back; I was unable to have full range of motion in the control while hand flying with the Captain in the seat. This is an extreme safety issue. Not only because the restricted control travel but in the event of an emergency; I would not be able utilize some emergency exits because of the Captain's extreme size. After landing I asked to be reassigned to a different trip. Scheduling informed me that there were no trips available so I asked to be removed from the flight.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.

Attributes
ACN	1028830
Time
Date	201208
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	EMB ERJ 135 ER/LR
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Other / Unknown

Emb-135 first officer reports requesting he be removed from a flight due to the captain's overweight condition causing a restriction to the yoke in the full up elevator direction.