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An A319 captain reported the company procedure for boarding escorts and prisoners was violated because they were not seated in the aircraft's last seating row.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 819771 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200901 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A319 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Captain Pilot Not Flying |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 250 Flight Crew Total 8500 Flight Crew Type 2000 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
Flight attendants called at cruise and informed the cockpit that they had just noticed a prisoner and 3 escorts were boarded; which is not in accordance with fom guidance. There was also no cockpit notification of a prisoner boarded. No one was armed. Escorts and prisoner were enroute from ZZZ to ZZZ1 via ZZZ2. Boarding passes seemed to have been issued in ZZZ. Escorts stated that they informed the agent in ZZZ that they needed to be in the last row of the aircraft; and they were told these were the only seats available for them to sit together. ZZZ2 and ZZZ1 stations were notified of the improper boarding.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: An A319 Captain reported the company procedure for boarding escorts and prisoners was violated because they were not seated in the aircraft's last seating row.
Narrative: Flight Attendants called at cruise and informed the cockpit that they had just noticed a prisoner and 3 escorts were boarded; which is not in accordance with FOM guidance. There was also no cockpit notification of a prisoner boarded. No one was armed. Escorts and prisoner were enroute from ZZZ to ZZZ1 via ZZZ2. Boarding passes seemed to have been issued in ZZZ. Escorts stated that they informed the agent in ZZZ that they needed to be in the last row of the aircraft; and they were told these were the only seats available for them to sit together. ZZZ2 and ZZZ1 stations were notified of the improper boarding.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.