A corporate CL60 first officer resigned after a discussion with the captain about the legality of fl...

Narrative:

We had a 'weight on wheel' light come on enroute on a international trip landing at a foreign airport. Followe had a 'weight on wheel' light come on enroute on an international trip landing at a foreign airport. We followed flight manual procedures. On landing captain said he would talk to our maintenance people as to find out what to do the following morning. Captain advised that it was ok with the MEL/cdl and said mechanic concurred. Flew to a domestic us destination where captain chartered an aircraft for passengers. We flew to our home base; where weight on wheel switch was replaced. Upon returning to our base I questioned captain again on weight on wheel switch. He pulled out the MEL and cdl. Upon my review I found no information on weight on wheel problem in MEL/cdl books. I advised captain that we should have not flown the oceanic legs. He stated again that because item was not in the MEL/cdl and complied with the flight manual procedures we could complete the flights. I disagreed with captain's assessment. This is not the first time captain has demonstrated this poor judgment. Management is absent till monday. I am to tender my resignation because of lack of trust in captain's judgment and failure to have honest understanding of crew resources.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A Corporate CL60 First Officer resigned after a discussion with the Captain about the legality of flying with an inoperative weight on wheels switch led to disagreement over the MEL/CDL requirments.

Narrative: We had a 'Weight on Wheel' light come on enroute on a international trip landing at a foreign airport. FolloWe had a 'Weight on Wheel' light come on enroute on an international trip landing at a foreign airport. We followed flight manual procedures. On landing Captain said he would talk to our Maintenance people as to find out what to do the following morning. Captain advised that it was ok with the MEL/CDL and said Mechanic concurred. Flew to a domestic US destination where Captain chartered an aircraft for passengers. We flew to our home base; where weight on wheel switch was replaced. Upon returning to our base I questioned Captain again on weight on wheel switch. He pulled out the MEL and CDL. Upon my review I found no information on weight on wheel problem in MEL/CDL books. I advised Captain that we should have not flown the oceanic legs. He stated again that because item was not in the MEL/CDL and complied with the flight manual procedures we could complete the flights. I disagreed with Captain's assessment. This is not the first time Captain has demonstrated this poor judgment. Management is absent till Monday. I am to tender my resignation because of lack of trust in Captain's judgment and failure to have honest understanding of crew resources.

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.

Attributes
ACN	878263
Time
Date	201003
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Environment
Flight Conditions	Mixed
Light	Dawn
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Challenger Jet Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 91
Flight Phase	Cruise
Route In Use	Oceanic
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Gear Extend/Retract Mechanism
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Experience	Flight Crew Last 90 Days 85 Flight Crew Total 20000 Flight Crew Type 500
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Procedural MEL Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural FAR

A corporate CL60 first officer resigned after a discussion with the captain about the legality of flying with an inoperative weight on wheels switch led to disagreement over the MEL/cdl requirments.