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An air carrier PIC discovers at cruise altitude that one of his jump seat riders is a part 135 baggage handler with a private pilot's license. On boarding, the flight attendant checked their idents, not the captain.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 402910 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199805 |
| Day | Wed |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : sea |
| State Reference | WA |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff cruise other ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 100 flight time total : 15000 flight time type : 500 |
| ASRS Report | 402910 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation other |
Narrative:
I was the captain of a flight from sea-anc. We had a very full airplane (overbooked, in fact), an unresolved maintenance issue, and some passenger seating problems occurring when a csa came into the cockpit with 2 jump seat forms. I asked her if the idents had been checked and she said 'yes.' the jump seaters took their position and we departed. After arriving at cruise and engaging the jump seaters in conversation, we (the first officer and I) found that one of our jump seaters was not a part 135 or part 121 pilot, but was employed as a baggage handler for a part 135 operator. He defended himself by saying that he had a pilot's license and thought that this qualified him to ride the jump seat. The agent had apparently checked his company identify but had not realized that his pilot's license was only a private. In the future, I will endeavor to look at the credentials of my jump seaters more closely.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN ACR PIC DISCOVERS AT CRUISE ALT THAT ONE OF HIS JUMP SEAT RIDERS IS A PART 135 BAGGAGE HANDLER WITH A PVT PLT'S LICENSE. ON BOARDING, THE FLT ATTENDANT CHKED THEIR IDENTS, NOT THE CAPT.
Narrative: I WAS THE CAPT OF A FLT FROM SEA-ANC. WE HAD A VERY FULL AIRPLANE (OVERBOOKED, IN FACT), AN UNRESOLVED MAINT ISSUE, AND SOME PAX SEATING PROBS OCCURRING WHEN A CSA CAME INTO THE COCKPIT WITH 2 JUMP SEAT FORMS. I ASKED HER IF THE IDENTS HAD BEEN CHKED AND SHE SAID 'YES.' THE JUMP SEATERS TOOK THEIR POS AND WE DEPARTED. AFTER ARRIVING AT CRUISE AND ENGAGING THE JUMP SEATERS IN CONVERSATION, WE (THE FO AND I) FOUND THAT ONE OF OUR JUMP SEATERS WAS NOT A PART 135 OR PART 121 PLT, BUT WAS EMPLOYED AS A BAGGAGE HANDLER FOR A PART 135 OPERATOR. HE DEFENDED HIMSELF BY SAYING THAT HE HAD A PLT'S LICENSE AND THOUGHT THAT THIS QUALIFIED HIM TO RIDE THE JUMP SEAT. THE AGENT HAD APPARENTLY CHKED HIS COMPANY IDENT BUT HAD NOT REALIZED THAT HIS PLT'S LICENSE WAS ONLY A PVT. IN THE FUTURE, I WILL ENDEAVOR TO LOOK AT THE CREDENTIALS OF MY JUMP SEATERS MORE CLOSELY.
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.