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Ramp employee reported a tsa agent caused distraction during the pre-flight process when the employee had not challenged the agent for not properly displaying identification badge.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1601766 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201812 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Ramp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Security Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
While doing my walk around on arrival flight; I was approached by a member of [the cleaning crew] and asked what flight this was. I answered and continued my walk around. Almost immediately; I was approached by another person in a safety vest and asked the same question. I took my eyes off the aircraft and looked directly at her and said flight XXX; then immediately looked back up. As soon as I did; the second lady announced herself as tsa and wanted to see my badge for not noticing she did not have hers on her outer most garment. I fully understand how important security is at company; but I also know how important safety is to company also. By her pulling me from my task simply to see if I noticed her not wearing a badge; then taking all of my information; I could very well have missed damage to the aircraft; that if not noticed on the departure walk around; could put passengers at risk. I think those kind of missions should not involve people who are in the middle of completing safety checks.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Ramp employee reported a TSA agent caused distraction during the pre-flight process when the employee had not challenged the agent for not properly displaying identification badge.
Narrative: While doing my walk around on arrival flight; I was approached by a member of [the cleaning crew] and asked what flight this was. I answered and continued my walk around. Almost immediately; I was approached by another person in a safety vest and asked the same question. I took my eyes off the aircraft and looked directly at her and said Flight XXX; then immediately looked back up. As soon as I did; the second lady announced herself as TSA and wanted to see my badge for not noticing she did not have hers on her outer most garment. I fully understand how important security is at Company; but I also know how important safety is to Company also. By her pulling me from my task simply to see if I noticed her not wearing a badge; then taking all of my information; I could very well have missed damage to the aircraft; that if not noticed on the departure walk around; could put passengers at risk. I think those kind of missions should not involve people who are in the middle of completing safety checks.
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.