Air carrier gate agent gave flight crew an inaccurate passenger count.

Attributes
ACN	295534
Time
Date	199502
Day	Mon
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Commercial Fixed Wing
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : preflight
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : second officer
Qualification	pilot : commercial pilot : flight engineer pilot : instrument pilot : private
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 5000 flight time type : 2000
ASRS Report	295534
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Air Traffic Incident	other

Narrative:

Final passenger count from gate agents was 32 fc/155 yc. Actual count was 31 fc/145 yc. Our limit was 2 passenger under count, we had 11 under. Agents are concerned with 'on-time' departures, not actual passenger counts.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: ACR GATE AGENT GAVE FLC AN INACCURATE PAX COUNT.

Narrative: FINAL PAX COUNT FROM GATE AGENTS WAS 32 FC/155 YC. ACTUAL COUNT WAS 31 FC/145 YC. OUR LIMIT WAS 2 PAX UNDER COUNT, WE HAD 11 UNDER. AGENTS ARE CONCERNED WITH 'ON-TIME' DEPS, NOT ACTUAL PAX COUNTS.

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