B757 flight crew member reported the federal flight deck officer captain's and first officer's fligh...

Narrative:

Captain's and first officer's flight bags switched at airport curb side. Both bags are identical. Captain proceeded to tsa sign in desk for federal flight deck officers (ffdo); first officer continued to security screening with captain's flight bag which contained ffdo service weapon. Screening agent flagged flight bag. Captain became aware of event after signing in and proceeded to tsa officers to explain mistake. Tsa officers screened first officer's flight bag and found no unauthorized items. Both captain and first officer submitted personal information to tsa officer upon request. Captain notified [operations] immediately of event by voice mail. Continued to gate performing normal duties. Upon returning home; captain filed incident report with [operations].

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B757 flight crew member reported the Federal Flight Deck Officer Captain's and First Officer's flight bags were accidentally switched; causing an issue with TSA when the Federal Flight Deck Officer service weapon was discovered during screening.

Narrative: Captain's and First Officer's flight bags switched at airport curb side. Both bags are identical. Captain proceeded to TSA sign in desk for Federal Flight Deck Officers (FFDO); First Officer continued to security screening with Captain's flight bag which contained FFDO service weapon. Screening agent flagged flight bag. Captain became aware of event after signing in and proceeded to TSA Officers to explain mistake. TSA Officers screened First Officer's flight bag and found no unauthorized items. Both Captain and First Officer submitted personal information to TSA Officer upon request. Captain notified [Operations] immediately of event by voice mail. Continued to gate performing normal duties. Upon returning home; Captain filed incident report with [Operations].

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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	1412845
Time
Date	201612
Local Time Of Day	1801-2400
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B757-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Other / Unknown
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Security

B757 flight crew member reported the federal flight deck officer captain's and first officer's flight bags were accidentally switched; causing an issue with tsa when the federal flight deck officer service weapon was discovered during screening.