Two flight attendants did not see the hnl agriculture station to sign the required exit forms the fi...

Narrative:

Going through security in hnl; another flight attendant and I were separated from the 3 pilots and 2 other flight attendants on our crew. After clearing the security check point; we looked around for the crew. We realized we did not know the gate; we checked monitors and found our gate. The inbound flight was a few minutes late. We got on; stowed our things and the agent began boarding. About 5 to 10 minutes into the boarding; an agent came to the door and asked for me by name. He said I had not signed the agriculture crew list at security and that I needed to go back to security right then and sign my name. I said I could not leave the aircraft because we were boarding. He said I had to go sign the crew list. I asked if they could bring it to the aircraft. He said no. I said if I got off the aircraft; we could not continue boarding. He said he would talk to boarding agent. He came back right away and said we would need to stop boarding; so I could go sign the agricultural crew list. I talked to the captain and our purser. The captain said to go sign the crew list. I got off aircraft and went back to security to sign the list. The agriculture person asked who the other flight attendant was and that she needed to sign the list as well. I asked if he wanted me to tell her and he said yes; and that she needed to come back to security too. I told the agriculture person that when we went through security; there was not an agriculture person there with the crew list to sign. I went back to aircraft and told her; she needed to go back to security. The captain eventually talked to someone in operations and the agricultural department who said she did not need to go sign the crew form. I had not been to hnl in a while; every station has different security procedures. I would like to have something in print about each station's security; agriculture regulations; and customs regulations; so every flight attendant would have something to reference. When the other flight attendant and I got through security and we were not asked to sign anything; I thought maybe it was a new procedure. Maybe this would be something to discuss in a crew briefing when you are on a layover because we have so many varying procedures at different stations.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Two flight attendants did not see the HNL Agriculture Station to sign the required exit forms the first time through securuity and so the boarding process was stopped so they could return and comply.

Narrative: Going through security in HNL; another Flight Attendant and I were separated from the 3 pilots and 2 other flight attendants on our crew. After clearing the security check point; we looked around for the crew. We realized we did not know the gate; we checked monitors and found our gate. The inbound flight was a few minutes late. We got on; stowed our things and the agent began boarding. About 5 to 10 minutes into the boarding; an agent came to the door and asked for me by name. He said I had not signed the agriculture crew list at security and that I needed to go back to security right then and sign my name. I said I could not leave the aircraft because we were boarding. He said I had to go sign the crew list. I asked if they could bring it to the aircraft. He said no. I said if I got off the aircraft; we could not continue boarding. He said he would talk to boarding agent. He came back right away and said we would need to stop boarding; so I could go sign the agricultural crew list. I talked to the Captain and our Purser. The Captain said to go sign the crew list. I got off aircraft and went back to security to sign the list. The agriculture person asked who the other Flight Attendant was and that she needed to sign the list as well. I asked if he wanted me to tell her and he said yes; and that she needed to come back to security too. I told the agriculture person that when we went through security; there was not an agriculture person there with the crew list to sign. I went back to aircraft and told her; she needed to go back to security. The Captain eventually talked to someone in Operations and the Agricultural Department who said she did not need to go sign the crew form. I had not been to HNL in a while; every station has different security procedures. I would like to have something in print about each station's security; agriculture regulations; and customs regulations; so every flight attendant would have something to reference. When the other flight attendant and I got through security and we were not asked to sign anything; I thought maybe it was a new procedure. Maybe this would be something to discuss in a crew briefing when you are on a layover because we have so many varying procedures at different stations.

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.

Attributes
ACN	943492
Time
Date	201104
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	HNL.Airport
State Reference	HI
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Boeing Company Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Flight Attendant (On Duty)
Qualification	Flight Attendant Current
Person 2
Function	Flight Attendant (On Duty)
Qualification	Flight Attendant Current
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown

Two flight attendants did not see the hnl agriculture station to sign the required exit forms the first time through securuity and so the boarding process was stopped so they could return and comply.