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Impostor flight attendant was boarded in an air carrier uniform to ride jumpseat. During flight, when offering to help with the cabin service, other flight attendants became suspicious of the impostor's lack of knowledge and asked for identify. The impostor had none and at the next stop security removed the person. He, the impostor, tried to do the same thing with other acrs.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 347145 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199609 |
| Day | Sun |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : tpa |
| State Reference | FL |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight ground : parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 300 flight time total : 16000 |
| ASRS Report | 347145 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure non adherence other other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
A male passenger boarded our flight on sep/xx/96 from tpa-ewr. This person was boarded by tpa station. He however was wearing an air carrier male flight attendant's uniform. After takeoff he offered to help the working crew do the flight service. The crew through general conversation and his lack of knowledge on the proper way to conduct an in-flight service, they asked for an identify card, he said he lost it. When we arrived in atl on WX diversion, I was asked to help investigate this person. I asked for identify, he had no identify. I asked for his employee number, he gave me a number that did not check out and I called airport security and had him removed from the flight.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: IMPOSTOR FLT ATTENDANT WAS BOARDED IN AN ACR UNIFORM TO RIDE JUMPSEAT. DURING FLT, WHEN OFFERING TO HELP WITH THE CABIN SVC, OTHER FLT ATTENDANTS BECAME SUSPICIOUS OF THE IMPOSTOR'S LACK OF KNOWLEDGE AND ASKED FOR IDENT. THE IMPOSTOR HAD NONE AND AT THE NEXT STOP SECURITY REMOVED THE PERSON. HE, THE IMPOSTOR, TRIED TO DO THE SAME THING WITH OTHER ACRS.
Narrative: A MALE PAX BOARDED OUR FLT ON SEP/XX/96 FROM TPA-EWR. THIS PERSON WAS BOARDED BY TPA STATION. HE HOWEVER WAS WEARING AN ACR MALE FLT ATTENDANT'S UNIFORM. AFTER TKOF HE OFFERED TO HELP THE WORKING CREW DO THE FLT SVC. THE CREW THROUGH GENERAL CONVERSATION AND HIS LACK OF KNOWLEDGE ON THE PROPER WAY TO CONDUCT AN INFLT SVC, THEY ASKED FOR AN IDENT CARD, HE SAID HE LOST IT. WHEN WE ARRIVED IN ATL ON WX DIVERSION, I WAS ASKED TO HELP INVESTIGATE THIS PERSON. I ASKED FOR IDENT, HE HAD NO IDENT. I ASKED FOR HIS EMPLOYEE NUMBER, HE GAVE ME A NUMBER THAT DID NOT CHK OUT AND I CALLED ARPT SECURITY AND HAD HIM REMOVED FROM THE FLT.
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.