Narrative:

The FBO personnel informed the crew that there was frost on the wings after fueling; and that they had deicing equipment available. The captain declined to receive deicing and stated that the frost was very light and that 'the jet will fly just fine'. I felt uncertain about this and while standing next to him in front of the left wing; I ran my finger over the frost and told him I thought we should deice. He again rejected this and told me to 'sit my butt down in my seat; cause we are leaving'. I felt intimidated by him (due to previous issues) and did as he told me to. The captain closed the door behind me and got ready to start the engines. Before engine start; I expressed my concerns again and received a snappy response. 'What do you know?! You barely have any time in this jet! I have thousands of hours! She will fly just fine!'the captain then started the engines and started taxiing in a rush without completing the required checklists; or acknowledging my concerns. During taxi; I expressed my concerns and received another snappy response. In the months prior; I had tried to convey to him my safety-related concerns and often feeling uncomfortable when flying with this particular captain. I was scared to conduct the flight with frost on the wings; but it seemed that the captain just wanted to get home (as soon as possible). He wouldn't listen to me; and he conducted the takeoff for our flight. I felt horrible; scared; unsafe; belittled; and powerless. Nothing I said to him in a professional manner got through to him. I felt hijacked and taken along for a ride I did not want to be on. I felt intimidated by the captain.

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Title: Corporate First Officer reported the Captain ignored several procedures including refusing to deice the aircraft when frost was identified on the wings prior to engine start.

Narrative: The FBO personnel informed the crew that there was frost on the wings after fueling; and that they had deicing equipment available. The Captain declined to receive deicing and stated that the frost was very light and that 'the jet will fly just fine'. I felt uncertain about this and while standing next to him in front of the left wing; I ran my finger over the frost and told him I thought we should deice. He again rejected this and told me to 'sit my butt down in my seat; cause we are leaving'. I felt intimidated by him (due to previous issues) and did as he told me to. The Captain closed the door behind me and got ready to start the engines. Before engine start; I expressed my concerns again and received a snappy response. 'What do you know?! You barely have any time in this jet! I have thousands of hours! She will fly just FINE!'The Captain then started the engines and started taxiing in a rush without completing the required checklists; or acknowledging my concerns. During taxi; I expressed my concerns and received another snappy response. In the months prior; I had tried to convey to him my safety-related concerns and often feeling uncomfortable when flying with this particular Captain. I was scared to conduct the flight with frost on the wings; but it seemed that the Captain just wanted to get home (as soon as possible). He wouldn't listen to me; and he conducted the takeoff for our flight. I felt horrible; scared; unsafe; belittled; and powerless. Nothing I said to him in a professional manner got through to him. I felt hijacked and taken along for a ride I did not want to be on. I felt intimidated by the Captain.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.