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B727. Company is not following proper company procedures for boarding armed passenger.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 445711 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199908 |
| Day | Tue |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : abq.airport |
| State Reference | NM |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B727-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 140 flight time total : 11000 flight time type : 4000 |
| ASRS Report | 445711 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : commercial |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : company policies non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Company FAA |
| Primary Problem | Company |
Narrative:
Per our company policy, the captain, prior to passenger boarding, is to be briefed by gate agent that a law enforcement officer carrying a weapon is coming on board and is to be handed a card with the officer's name, agency, and seat location. Throughout the system, gate agents are letting law enforcement officers carry the notification paperwork on board and not briefing flight crew. This sets up a scenario in which the law enforcement officer does not deliver the card and a weapon comes on board without flight crew knowledge. Air carrier is continually advised of this, but has not solved problem. P.south. Happened again on later flight.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B727. COMPANY IS NOT FOLLOWING PROPER COMPANY PROCS FOR BOARDING ARMED PAX.
Narrative: PER OUR COMPANY POLICY, THE CAPT, PRIOR TO PAX BOARDING, IS TO BE BRIEFED BY GATE AGENT THAT A LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER CARRYING A WEAPON IS COMING ON BOARD AND IS TO BE HANDED A CARD WITH THE OFFICER'S NAME, AGENCY, AND SEAT LOCATION. THROUGHOUT THE SYS, GATE AGENTS ARE LETTING LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS CARRY THE NOTIFICATION PAPERWORK ON BOARD AND NOT BRIEFING FLC. THIS SETS UP A SCENARIO IN WHICH THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER DOES NOT DELIVER THE CARD AND A WEAPON COMES ON BOARD WITHOUT FLC KNOWLEDGE. ACR IS CONTINUALLY ADVISED OF THIS, BUT HAS NOT SOLVED PROB. P.S. HAPPENED AGAIN ON LATER 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.