Door to ramp found unlocked at mia terminal.

Attributes
ACN	97679
Time
Date	198811
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : mia
State Reference	FL
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 120 flight time total : 12000
ASRS Report	97679
Events
Anomaly	other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Airport
Air Traffic Incident	other
Situations
Airport	other physical facility procedure or policy : unspecified

Narrative:

Hopefully I am not wasting NASA time with this report! On arrival at gate G-4 we were able to walk directly from the terminal out onto the ramp. There was a lock on the door but it was on the outside preventing crews from re-entering the terminal from the ramp. This appears to be an ongoing problem at miami and neither the airlines, security at miami, nor the airport management seem interested in removing this potential hazardous situation. I do hope you will be able to place some meaningful telephone calls and help me rectify this problem.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: DOOR TO RAMP FOUND UNLOCKED AT MIA TERMINAL.

Narrative: HOPEFULLY I AM NOT WASTING NASA TIME WITH THIS RPT! ON ARR AT GATE G-4 WE WERE ABLE TO WALK DIRECTLY FROM THE TERMINAL OUT ONTO THE RAMP. THERE WAS A LOCK ON THE DOOR BUT IT WAS ON THE OUTSIDE PREVENTING CREWS FROM RE-ENTERING THE TERMINAL FROM THE RAMP. THIS APPEARS TO BE AN ONGOING PROB AT MIAMI AND NEITHER THE AIRLINES, SECURITY AT MIAMI, NOR THE ARPT MGMNT SEEM INTERESTED IN REMOVING THIS POTENTIAL HAZARDOUS SITUATION. I DO HOPE YOU WILL BE ABLE TO PLACE SOME MEANINGFUL TELEPHONE CALLS AND HELP ME RECTIFY THIS PROB.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of August 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.