A concerned airline captain questions how a security search was handled.

Attributes
ACN	548454
Time
Date	200205
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : cos.airport
State Reference	CO
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain
Qualification	pilot : atp
ASRS Report	548454
Person 2
Function	other personnel other
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : 2
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	faa : reviewed incident with flight crew other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance FAA
Primary Problem	FAA

Narrative:

Going thru security screening at cos this morning, my kit bag was highlighted at x-ray because of required flashlight. Because the flashlight had batteries in it, my kit bag had to go thru a detailed explosives screening at a common examination table. Informed that I should have removed the batteries before screening and this would have prevented the extra scrutiny. No mention of where I was to place these batts after I took them out of the flashlight. This is only station I know of that is doing this battery thing.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A CONCERNED AIRLINE CAPT QUESTIONS HOW A SECURITY SEARCH WAS HANDLED.

Narrative: GOING THRU SECURITY SCREENING AT COS THIS MORNING, MY KIT BAG WAS HIGHLIGHTED AT X-RAY BECAUSE OF REQUIRED FLASHLIGHT. BECAUSE THE FLASHLIGHT HAD BATTERIES IN IT, MY KIT BAG HAD TO GO THRU A DETAILED EXPLOSIVES SCREENING AT A COMMON EXAM TABLE. INFORMED THAT I SHOULD HAVE REMOVED THE BATTERIES BEFORE SCREENING AND THIS WOULD HAVE PREVENTED THE EXTRA SCRUTINY. NO MENTION OF WHERE I WAS TO PLACE THESE BATTS AFTER I TOOK THEM OUT OF THE FLASHLIGHT. THIS IS ONLY STATION I KNOW OF THAT IS DOING THIS BATTERY THING.

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.