FK10 crew had questionable conduct by an alleged FAA aci.

Attributes
ACN	423008
Time
Date	199812
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : yyz
State Reference	ON
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Fokker 100
Navigation In Use	Other
Flight Phase	ground : parked
Flight Plan	None
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
ASRS Report	423008
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

FAA inspector. While deplaning a delayed flight from lga to yyz a man walked past the cockpit, turned around by the exit, and loudly blurted out 'sorry gentlemen, FAA inspector, 3 safety violations, 2 for lights, 1 for demonstration.' this statement surprised me and my response was to look at my first officer and then back at the man and say 'I don't think so,' in a questioning tone of voice and as he departed up the jetbridge, I heard a faint response, 'you'll read it in the report.' my crew thought he was a disgruntled passenger. I would expect an FAA inspector to present his identify and then discreetly discuss his concerns with us in detail, not to loudly accuse us of safety violations in front of other passenger. I did not wish to chase him up the jetbridge to find out more detail. I don't know if he was referring to something our cabin crew did, or something the cockpit crew did. The only thing I could think of was that when my new hire first officer made his 'prepare for arrival' PA he first made the comment, 'once again we apologize for the delay.' I briefed him on the requirement to be verbatim with the PA. I have not had a violation and hope not to get one, but if the man was really an inspector and there is some sort of alleged violation, what will happen next and how should I deal with it?

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FK10 CREW HAD QUESTIONABLE CONDUCT BY AN ALLEGED FAA ACI.

Narrative: FAA INSPECTOR. WHILE DEPLANING A DELAYED FLT FROM LGA TO YYZ A MAN WALKED PAST THE COCKPIT, TURNED AROUND BY THE EXIT, AND LOUDLY BLURTED OUT 'SORRY GENTLEMEN, FAA INSPECTOR, 3 SAFETY VIOLATIONS, 2 FOR LIGHTS, 1 FOR DEMO.' THIS STATEMENT SURPRISED ME AND MY RESPONSE WAS TO LOOK AT MY FO AND THEN BACK AT THE MAN AND SAY 'I DON'T THINK SO,' IN A QUESTIONING TONE OF VOICE AND AS HE DEPARTED UP THE JETBRIDGE, I HEARD A FAINT RESPONSE, 'YOU'LL READ IT IN THE RPT.' MY CREW THOUGHT HE WAS A DISGRUNTLED PAX. I WOULD EXPECT AN FAA INSPECTOR TO PRESENT HIS IDENT AND THEN DISCREETLY DISCUSS HIS CONCERNS WITH US IN DETAIL, NOT TO LOUDLY ACCUSE US OF SAFETY VIOLATIONS IN FRONT OF OTHER PAX. I DID NOT WISH TO CHASE HIM UP THE JETBRIDGE TO FIND OUT MORE DETAIL. I DON'T KNOW IF HE WAS REFERRING TO SOMETHING OUR CABIN CREW DID, OR SOMETHING THE COCKPIT CREW DID. THE ONLY THING I COULD THINK OF WAS THAT WHEN MY NEW HIRE FO MADE HIS 'PREPARE FOR ARR' PA HE FIRST MADE THE COMMENT, 'ONCE AGAIN WE APOLOGIZE FOR THE DELAY.' I BRIEFED HIM ON THE REQUIREMENT TO BE VERBATIM WITH THE PA. I HAVE NOT HAD A VIOLATION AND HOPE NOT TO GET ONE, BUT IF THE MAN WAS REALLY AN INSPECTOR AND THERE IS SOME SORT OF ALLEGED VIOLATION, WHAT WILL HAPPEN NEXT AND HOW SHOULD I DEAL WITH IT?

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.