Captain reports confusion relative to pcfa procedures and company policies for pcfa.

Attributes
ACN	698347
Time
Date	200605
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	airport : cvg.airport
State Reference	OH
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : lax.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Regional Jet 200 ER&LR
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
Experience	flight time total : 11000
ASRS Report	698347
Person 2
Affiliation	other
Function	observation : passenger
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : company policies
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Company
Primary Problem	Company

Narrative:

Had armed man enter aircraft and present captain's record to me. The gate agent did not come on board which created a bad situation. I how had to find out the true nature of the people on my plane. Had the passenger not shown their captain's records (for leo) we would never have known.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CAPT RPTS CONFUSION RELATIVE TO PCFA PROCS AND COMPANY POLICIES FOR PCFA.

Narrative: HAD ARMED MAN ENTER ACFT AND PRESENT CAPT'S RECORD TO ME. THE GATE AGENT DID NOT COME ON BOARD WHICH CREATED A BAD SITUATION. I HOW HAD TO FIND OUT THE TRUE NATURE OF THE PEOPLE ON MY PLANE. HAD THE PAX NOT SHOWN THEIR CAPT'S RECORDS (FOR LEO) WE WOULD NEVER HAVE KNOWN.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of January 2009 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.