<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1630454, March 2019

Air carrier first officer reported that an FAA maintenance inspector photographed the pilots' credentials with his personal mobile phone.

Attributes
ACN	1630454
Time
Date	201903
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	First Officer Pilot Not Flying
Qualification	Flight Crew Instrument Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP) Flight Crew Multiengine
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Security Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

We had an FAA maintenance inspector jumpseating. When he took our credentials; he photographed them with his personal phone. I asked him about that and he said it is just easier and our licenses are the property of the government. My concern is with operational security and privacy issues. The captain and I had never seen this before; nor had our additional jumpseater. I brought up my concerns with the inspector. The flight was routine and uneventful. I called the union on the way home and they asked me to submit a report on my concerns over these issues.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Air carrier First Officer reported that an FAA Maintenance Inspector photographed the pilots' credentials with his personal mobile phone.

Narrative: We had an FAA Maintenance Inspector jumpseating. When he took our credentials; he photographed them with his personal phone. I asked him about that and he said it is just easier and our licenses are the property of the government. My concern is with operational security and privacy issues. The Captain and I had never seen this before; nor had our additional jumpseater. I brought up my concerns with the inspector. The flight was routine and uneventful. I called the union on the way home and they asked me to submit a report on my concerns over these issues.

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.