Pilot feel security overreacts when he does not have a specific airport identify badge.

Attributes
ACN	250206
Time
Date	199308
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	0001 To 0600
Place
Locale Reference	airport : pit
State Reference	PA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : single pilot
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 4100 flight time type : 100
ASRS Report	250206
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	other personnel other
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Airport
Air Traffic Incident	other
Situations
Airport	procedure or policy : unspecified

Narrative:

The incident arose from a dispute between myself and a mechanic. My company is a charter operator for the major freight carriers. We have several rtes in the pittsburgh area. I was meeting with another of our pilots and a supervisor and a mechanic. The mechanic got upset with my presence and called the airport security. I went to the ramp where my aircraft was parked by way of a tug road and the airport police were there to talk to me. I do not have a pit airport security identify badge. I also do not have a security identify for ny, bwi, lax, or ord. No other airline pilots have identify badges issued by the airports they visit either. The airport police told me they were filing an incident report and I could be fined. This is a common occurrence with airport security across the country. The problem is that pilots, who have the right to be on these ramps, are unnecessarily hassled. Upon speaking to airport security supervisors, they feel the same way--pilots do not need to be badged. The problem is the field personnel are not informed of this. This needs to happen and then when a security officer encounters a pilot who is unbadged, he should question his business on the ramp and then move on with limited hassles.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: PLT FEEL SECURITY OVERREACTS WHEN HE DOES NOT HAVE A SPECIFIC ARPT IDENT BADGE.

Narrative: THE INCIDENT AROSE FROM A DISPUTE BTWN MYSELF AND A MECH. MY COMPANY IS A CHARTER OPERATOR FOR THE MAJOR FREIGHT CARRIERS. WE HAVE SEVERAL RTES IN THE PITTSBURGH AREA. I WAS MEETING WITH ANOTHER OF OUR PLTS AND A SUPVR AND A MECH. THE MECH GOT UPSET WITH MY PRESENCE AND CALLED THE ARPT SECURITY. I WENT TO THE RAMP WHERE MY ACFT WAS PARKED BY WAY OF A TUG ROAD AND THE ARPT POLICE WERE THERE TO TALK TO ME. I DO NOT HAVE A PIT ARPT SECURITY IDENT BADGE. I ALSO DO NOT HAVE A SECURITY IDENT FOR NY, BWI, LAX, OR ORD. NO OTHER AIRLINE PLTS HAVE IDENT BADGES ISSUED BY THE ARPTS THEY VISIT EITHER. THE ARPT POLICE TOLD ME THEY WERE FILING AN INCIDENT RPT AND I COULD BE FINED. THIS IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE WITH ARPT SECURITY ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THE PROB IS THAT PLTS, WHO HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE ON THESE RAMPS, ARE UNNECESSARILY HASSLED. UPON SPEAKING TO ARPT SECURITY SUPVRS, THEY FEEL THE SAME WAY--PLTS DO NOT NEED TO BE BADGED. THE PROB IS THE FIELD PERSONNEL ARE NOT INFORMED OF THIS. THIS NEEDS TO HAPPEN AND THEN WHEN A SECURITY OFFICER ENCOUNTERS A PLT WHO IS UNBADGED, HE SHOULD QUESTION HIS BUSINESS ON THE RAMP AND THEN MOVE ON WITH LIMITED HASSLES.

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.