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I have also seen pilots try to bring animals or children through KCM with them. Blame is on BOTH sides of the door. Crewmembers may use KCM access points in or out of uniform in accordance with the identification requirements above. A lot of money from pilot dues was spent by the Air Line Pilots Association to help get the Known Crew Member program going. The majority of flight attendants and pilots follow the rules. Also allowing them to use this when they are off duty is the other problem. Sold! Having an off duty employee pass rider clogging up lines that they didnt subscribe/pay for is spitting into face of the passengers that do. Effective January 13, 2015, the Transportation Security Administration's (TSA) Known Crewmember (KCM) requirements changed to provide crewmembers access to KCM out of uniform. If your crew-member record is SPOTLESS, your random screening should be much much less. @CHRIS , whoa there boyfriend. Please stop blaming flight attendants! Then go deal with management messaging and calling asking why your late to the gate because you got a random search and your flight is 3 terminals away. This enhancement will include retention of the Crewmember selection for USP for a period of time at all KCM access points in that airport. A. KCM is designed to confirm an airline flight -crew member's identity and current employment status, expedite their access to sterile areas of airports, reduce backlogs, increase throughput at passenger -screening checkpoints, and make Just a couple of weeks ago I posed the question of whether the Known Crewmember Program should be reconsidered. There is no reason to trust flight attendants any more than any other trusted group, like police officers, travelers with security clearances, doctors or priests. Please read this for the facts and not speculation or conjecture. box cutters. But only if you're nice. 0000006114 00000 n
I wish I could taste the tears of your unfathomable sadness. They should just permanently ban the violators from KCM. Questions or feedback by flight crew should be directed to your respective airline. They are "consensual" in name only, and that bending of the usual prohibition of unwarranted search is justified only because their primary purpose is to stop terrorists from taking weapons onto planes. If you really think flying is dangerous because of 9/11 then I would say there are a million other things besides that one and this is an unnecessary power grab by a government agency. We launched Prohibited Items Week for the first time last year as a way to highlight the great work of our officers in airports across the country. Dont just blame a work group. However, it is the responsibility of crew to pay these transportation costs. Flight attendants are consistently being found to bring prohibited items (including drugs, even though that's not what TSA is looking for) through KCM. Carriage of another individuals property through the KCM portal to circumvent screening is prohibited. Or that they pay for TSA and we don't because of ticket fees. Try it and cry later.. A:The KCM barcode card is used to expedite the crewmember verification process at the KCM access points. I'm a 44 year flight attendant.
PDF Dangerous Goods and Restricted items - EK Interesting viewpoint, except for those people who never have to pass through security could easily pass said product off to said pilot, attendant, or anyone with access to the plane storage cargo. Look, your job could be replaced by a cardboard sign with a red arrow painted on it and a vending machine.
metagenics pyramid scheme The problem is flight attendants abusing KCM. Maybe a probationary period before they are eligible, idk. One morning last summer at SAN the PreCheck line was out the West Terminal door extending half a block. The KCM system uses a secure connection to communicate with the participating airlines crewmember database to determine the eligibility and employment status of the crewmember. Its simply aggravation when you have to wait on a slow ass employee bus then drag your bag to security and here an offer say You wanna try your luck with a dumb ass grin on their face. For over two decades, Aircraft Operators have relied on NATACS for compliance services that meet the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Transportation Security Administration (TSA) secured document and record management solutions. Basically, cooperate and graduate.
Written testimony of TSA for a House Homeland Security - DHS A: No. It aint gonna happen. And as you put it yourself, FAs are 'impoverished'. When flights get delayed or passengers miss their flights because the TSA already cant keep up with their normal shit. I'll actually enjoy watching you go through security and whining about it. Recently I was behind a FA in line to go thru themetal detectorsSHe rang 4 times so they just said go thru no problem.. HAAAA!!! Pilots have much more to lose. Security is an illusion there is no reason to subject those flying the airplane to TSA checks. hungama 2 box office collection Legal Notice: This website is only intended to provide an overview of the Known Crewmember program. You also clearly dont know what youre talking about if youre suggesting to not screen pilots. Not airport staff and crew check point. Why would there be when you can dump whatever you are smuggling or take it to your car? To view KCM security checkpoint lanes at DFW, please visit the Known Crewmember website. And, while doom and gloom regarding the future might be reality, there is a good chance that it will be nowhere near as bad as some try to paint it.
Airlines - KNOWN CREWMEMBER The vast majority of flight attendants are dedicated professionals, but unfortunately there have been too many examples in the news of flight attendants trying to smuggle drugs through KCM. the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has found circumstances where there have been egregious violations of the KCM requirements. Backpacks (including clear backpacks), hard-sided coolers (regardless of size) and bags larger than 16 x 16 x 8 inches are NOT permitted at Wrigley Field.Other bags (such as wallets, purses, drawstring bags, fanny packs, lunch bags, briefcases and soft-sided coolers) smaller than 16 x 16 x 8 inches in size are permitted. If a pilots wanted to do something bad they could, weve seen it with Malaysian airlines pilots taking that flight down. It has been a shit-show forever at many airports (I'll site a few problem locations: EWR is #1- their KCM NEVER WORKS, forcing Crew to the regular (oh I'm sorry) - They also let a passenger through a week ago with a razor blade. When the JetBlue flight attendant in LAX got caught with cocaine shortly after F/As were included in the program, we all saw the writing on the wall. - you would really have more "professionals" and those are less likely to abuse the system. I will however, proceed to explain that there is a necessity to have minimum crew on board to board passengers which I do realize you do not deal with. Yesterday when I went through TSA pre-check, i beeped walking through the detector even though I had nothing in my pockets or that I was wearing that should have beeped Im a flight attendant and Ive been random 18 times out of 22 since I started counting in January. Either way, you're a crewmember so you'd better get ready for work, you have peanuts to distribute. That is simply the way it works in every part of society.
TSA To Take Over Known Crew Member (KCM) Screenings Most helpful comments ( as chosen by the OMAAT community ). Too bad a few more here can't grasp the insight you just provided for them. Most of these tsa agents are regular people, lower paid, not highly educated. If you have been issued a temporary government issued photo ID and it is your only form of government issued identification, proceed to the passenger screening checkpoint or employee screening location to access the airport sterile area. In my opinion and observations, many of the violations that have As a result of having the FAA certificate, they are allowed to use the KCM lines. Pilots have repeatedly been caught bringing guns. The Port Agent will arrange transportation to the ship's next port of call. Since you dont deal with people Im going to ignore the commentary on your lack of understanding why its necessary to go through an expedited process as a flight attendant. Crew members know the rules - the bad apples just are overly confident they wont be held accountable. Sporting goods, kitchen utensils, tools, and other items with sharp edges or points capable of injuring a person. While you have no idea what its like going through security as many times as we do with our heavy bag, etc, as many times as we do, it is actually quite frustrating to walk up to kcm and be randomed 2/3 of the time. Are they really catching crew members with drugs? Crewmembers will no longer be permitted to manually enter their KCM data. Wade through passengers and bags if you need to. That would solve the vast majority of the issues. But there is no common sense in the system. Zero??? They're the offenders over and over. Tuesday, April 13, 2021. I haven't been randomed by TSA, ever! This is just going to exacerbate the problem of long lines and lack of precheck in multiple terminals, You can even point to this as a reason for the insane crowding at lounges were seeing. _W++Udy|_3>+^j!mle`8X_% G
Perhaps we should make it easy for flight attendants to get to the aircraft too? Full screening. Ban the ones who broke the rules. Encourage your airline to be more stringent in hiring, join the hiring team. Check it out its in the Pilot Wives Page or on KrewRestKaren. They are using crew screening issues to say, "Hey - we're doing a great job!" The people being caught with contraband are both flight attendants and pilots. Additionally, many of us fly the airlines as passengers with a ticket to get to/from home or the aircraft. H\n@E|E/E*Hc'IFvb@m/7HdsSnv&vgs.x
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Legally, TSA searches are on thin ice with respect to the 4th Amendment. It does appear the supercilious author of this piece, pulled out his Medallion Card and showed it to the whole worldeven if to mostly blame impoverished flight attendants for being drug mules? "If It can be pumped, poured, spread or sprayed and it's more than 3.4 ounces," it needs to . So, like with just about everything else good, a few ruin it for the majority. Things have gotten so bad, I am ready for a fight. While we do try to list all the best miles and points deals, the site does not include all card companies or credit card offers available in the marketplace. Any self respecting smuggler can take that on one flight, depending on what drug it is. KCM does not exempt a crewmember from complying with these additional security measures. Effective March 31, 2022, the TSA will require KCM eligible crewmembers to scan a KCM-issued barcode card when utilizing a KCM access point. To the direct and accurate comment that newly minted Flight Attendants who don't have much of a career to lose and much to gain from smuggling..I say if the resources are low then allow KCM for pilots only. Ill start with the Germanwing pilot. Goose step much Herr Pee Brain? 0000003346 00000 n
There's always going to be a few who thwart the rules and get busted. If you disagree, go get your Airline Pilot Certificate and 1500 hours of flight time and compare that with the job requirements to become a flight attendant, and then tell me who is more likely to risk their career at a KCM checkpoint. The KCM program was initially developed by ALPA, FOR PILOTS. Keyboard warrior.. U must be u spirit employee yo shizzie fly attendant yo. Failure to follow these rules could result in temporary or permanent loss of KCM privileges. Flight attendants do not have as much to loose as a pilot. Interesting comment, at my local airport, SEA, screening for airport employees is done by the Port of Seattle, on a lower level, NOT the TSA at the lanes that the traveling public uses. According to Aero Crew News, in 2023 the Known Crewmember Program (KCM) will be replaced by a new program branded as Expedited Crew Access (ECA). I am a U.S. airline pilot, and while disappointing, this development was not unexpected. The continued success of the program is dependent upon crewmembers demonstrating that they can be trusted to comply with all related requirements.
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Ferdinand Magellan - Early Years, Expedition & Legacy - HISTORY It was thought up and the Airline pilots Union and not he Flight attendants union. They are a clueless bunch of goons. So much so, that I usually just go to security line. Make sure you generate as many passenger complaints as you can!! An automated enhancement to random screening/USP has been enabled in the KCM system. First of all your name makes you sound like a racist, secondly I dont remember seeing any articles in approximately the last decade of any pilots smuggling drugs through security. Too bad Clayton Osbon didn't have a gun and kill the fo right? While I am an airline pilot, I fly for a major cargo airline and thankfully dont have to deal with the incompetent TSA smurfs. TSAL may provide the same; subject to advance arrangement made known at least 48 hours before departure. Know what you can pack before arriving at the airport by checking the prohibited items list. However, off-duty crews should ALWAYS have to proceed thru the TSA security checkpoints like regular passengers. The program expedites flight crewmember access to sterile areas of airports, reduces passenger screening line congestion, enhances security, and makes airport checkpoint screening more efficient for all who depend on air transportation. CrewPASS has been used successfully at three East Coast airportsBaltimore/Washington International (BWI), Pittsburgh International (PIT) and Columbia (S.C.) Metropolitan (CAE)for almost three years. It will be easier for you to smuggle drugs that way. What else are they catching? I dont think there was EVER a 3-4 HOUR security line.except maybe right after 9/11 or perhaps a few times in AMS over the summer. This will ensure your ability to use the KCM system again. And how might a TSA random screening have prevented the German wings incident? Crewmembers who do not have a KCM barcode card, have a worn/unreadable barcode card, or have not completed the registration process will be referred to the passenger screening checkpoint for entry into the airport sterile area. Seriously??? Some flight crew position names are derived from nautical terms and indicate a rank or command structure similar to that on ocean-going vessels, allowing for quick executive decision making during normal operations or emergency situations. Its ridiculous they were added to the program. Anybody else want to guess how many pilots have gone to federal prison for such crimes as murder? It's the flight attendants. Common sense solutions to common sense problems. Tell your coworkers to stop trying to smuggle drugs and guns. So, what is even closer scrutiny of crew trying to accomplish? EVEN with FULL KCM we constantly have to go thru full passenger screening because some airports have NO KCM or limited hours.