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B737-400 captain is informed that his flight is carrying two fams and two leos; and that the fams were aware of the leos. Once airborne the fams question whether the leos are aware of the fams; but the leos are not in their assigned seats and ultimately found to be not on board. The gate agent got this flight confused with another departing from an adjacent gate.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 922600 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201012 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.ARTCC |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B737-400 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Flying Captain |
| Qualification | Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Security |
Narrative:
We had 2 fams [federal air marshals] on board and were told we also had 2 leos [law enforcement officers]. We were told the fams were aware of the leos after we got airborne the fams questioned if the leos were aware of the fams. Upon questioning the supposed leos we found out that they were not leos. Contacted dispatch and were told we had leos in seats X and Y. Those seats did not have leos in them. The fams became concerned about the location of the leos. We called for security to meet the flight. We discovered that we did not have leos on the flight and that the agent got the paperwork mixed up with our flight; that the leos were on the other flight and not on ours. Agent confusion at the podium and miscommunication with the flight.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B737-400 Captain is informed that his flight is carrying two FAMs and two LEOs; and that the FAMs were aware of the LEOs. Once airborne the FAMs question whether the LEOs are aware of the FAMs; but the LEOs are not in their assigned seats and ultimately found to be not on board. The gate agent got this flight confused with another departing from an adjacent gate.
Narrative: We had 2 FAMs [Federal Air Marshals] on board and were told we also had 2 LEOs [Law Enforcement Officers]. We were told the FAMs were aware of the LEOs after we got airborne the FAMs questioned if the LEOs were aware of the FAMs. Upon questioning the supposed LEOs we found out that they were not LEOs. Contacted Dispatch and were told we had LEOs in Seats X and Y. Those seats did not have LEOs in them. The FAMs became concerned about the location of the LEOs. We called for Security to meet the flight. We discovered that we did not have LEOs on the flight and that the Agent got the paperwork mixed up with our flight; that the LEOs were on the other flight and not on ours. Agent confusion at the podium and miscommunication with the flight.
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.