An airline captain. Concerned about the current state of aircraft airport security.

Attributes
ACN	529960
Time
Date	200111
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : sfo.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-80 Super 80
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
ASRS Report	529960
Person 2
Affiliation	other
Function	other personnel other
Events
Anomaly	non adherence other other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	FAA Company Airport
Primary Problem	Company

Narrative:

Upon arrival at aircraft this morning I was informed that new security procedures allowed catering persons on the aircraft unsupervised. A company memo was provided to me describing these changes. Upon arrival, I confirmed these new procedures with system operation center. Bottom line is catering personnel have complete unsupervised accesses to the aircraft while crew members are subjected to intimidating searches at security chkpoints. Again, this is totally unacceptable to air crews. Since our lives are at risk when the door is closed other personnel should be subjected to no less than the standards that air crews must go through.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN AIRLINE CAPT. CONCERNED ABOUT THE CURRENT STATE OF ACFT ARPT SECURITY.

Narrative: UPON ARRIVAL AT ACFT THIS MORNING I WAS INFORMED THAT NEW SECURITY PROCS ALLOWED CATERING PERSONS ON THE ACFT UNSUPERVISED. A COMPANY MEMO WAS PROVIDED TO ME DESCRIBING THESE CHANGES. UPON ARRIVAL, I CONFIRMED THESE NEW PROCS WITH SYSTEM OP CTR. BOTTOM LINE IS CATERING PERSONNEL HAVE COMPLETE UNSUPERVISED ACCESSES TO THE ACFT WHILE CREW MEMBERS ARE SUBJECTED TO INTIMIDATING SEARCHES AT SECURITY CHKPOINTS. AGAIN, THIS IS TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE TO AIR CREWS. SINCE OUR LIVES ARE AT RISK WHEN THE DOOR IS CLOSED OTHER PERSONNEL SHOULD BE SUBJECTED TO NO LESS THAN THE STANDARDS THAT AIR CREWS MUST GO THROUGH.

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.