A female air carrier light transport captain reports that her 'misogynist' first officer harassed he...

Attributes
ACN	212930
Time
Date	199006
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : sts
State Reference	CA
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Light Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turboprop Eng
Flight Phase	cruise other descent : approach descent other
Route In Use	arrival other enroute airway : zoa
Flight Plan	IFR
Aircraft 2
Operator	general aviation : personal
Make Model Name	Small Aircraft, High Wing, 1 Eng, Fixed Gear
Flight Phase	cruise other
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time total : 3500
ASRS Report	212930
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : instrument
Events
Anomaly	conflict : nmac other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : insufficient time none taken : unable
Consequence	Other
Miss Distance	unspecified : 300
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Men who hate women don't listen to them in the cockpit. I flew with a first officer who exhibited misogynistic behavior on the ground. He almost got us killed in the air. His principle occupation consisted of putting porno pictures in my mailbox. In front of everyone in the pilot lounge he would say, 'women are just for sex and just to be used,' and wait for a reaction from me. If he found my name printed somewhere, such as on a union sheet of paper, he would write the word 'slut' after my name. The company knew that he was doing these things. The problem was that he was friends with the chief pilot. Of course nothing got done about his antics. To make matters worse, we were assigned to fly together. We were en route to santa rosa on MM/dd/90. The female oakland center controller had called out traffic at 1-2 O'clock and 2 mi. I looked for the traffic but he didn't. Why should he? As far as he was concerned, I was just the bitch whose mailbox he kept putting porno pictures into. Since his hatred of me was condoned by the company, he decided to ignore me. It is apparent that the female controller was also deemed unworthy of his attention. I told him to look for the traffic but he just grunted and gave a cursory glance outside. All of a sudden, a white small aircraft with blue stripes passed off our right wing about 300 ft away. It was at our altitude. We came very close to being killed because my first officer did not want to listen to a woman captain. Makes you think.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A FEMALE ACR LTT CAPT RPTS THAT HER 'MISOGYNIST' FO HARASSED HER AND REFUSED TO LOOK OUT THE WINDOW WHEN ATC ALERTED THEM TO A POSSIBLE TFC CONFLICT. THERE WAS AN NMAC, AN ESTIMATED 300 FT.

Narrative: MEN WHO HATE WOMEN DON'T LISTEN TO THEM IN THE COCKPIT. I FLEW WITH A FO WHO EXHIBITED MISOGYNISTIC BEHAVIOR ON THE GND. HE ALMOST GOT US KILLED IN THE AIR. HIS PRINCIPLE OCCUPATION CONSISTED OF PUTTING PORNO PICTURES IN MY MAILBOX. IN FRONT OF EVERYONE IN THE PLT LOUNGE HE WOULD SAY, 'WOMEN ARE JUST FOR SEX AND JUST TO BE USED,' AND WAIT FOR A REACTION FROM ME. IF HE FOUND MY NAME PRINTED SOMEWHERE, SUCH AS ON A UNION SHEET OF PAPER, HE WOULD WRITE THE WORD 'SLUT' AFTER MY NAME. THE COMPANY KNEW THAT HE WAS DOING THESE THINGS. THE PROB WAS THAT HE WAS FRIENDS WITH THE CHIEF PLT. OF COURSE NOTHING GOT DONE ABOUT HIS ANTICS. TO MAKE MATTERS WORSE, WE WERE ASSIGNED TO FLY TOGETHER. WE WERE ENRTE TO SANTA ROSA ON MM/DD/90. THE FEMALE OAKLAND CTR CTLR HAD CALLED OUT TFC AT 1-2 O'CLOCK AND 2 MI. I LOOKED FOR THE TFC BUT HE DIDN'T. WHY SHOULD HE? AS FAR AS HE WAS CONCERNED, I WAS JUST THE BITCH WHOSE MAILBOX HE KEPT PUTTING PORNO PICTURES INTO. SINCE HIS HATRED OF ME WAS CONDONED BY THE COMPANY, HE DECIDED TO IGNORE ME. IT IS APPARENT THAT THE FEMALE CTLR WAS ALSO DEEMED UNWORTHY OF HIS ATTN. I TOLD HIM TO LOOK FOR THE TFC BUT HE JUST GRUNTED AND GAVE A CURSORY GLANCE OUTSIDE. ALL OF A SUDDEN, A WHITE SMA WITH BLUE STRIPES PASSED OFF OUR R WING ABOUT 300 FT AWAY. IT WAS AT OUR ALT. WE CAME VERY CLOSE TO BEING KILLED BECAUSE MY FO DID NOT WANT TO LISTEN TO A WOMAN CAPT. MAKES YOU THINK.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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 female air carrier light transport captain reports that her 'misogynist' first officer harassed her and refused to look out the window when ATC alerted them to a possible traffic conflict. There was an near midair collision, an estimated 300 ft.