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Impostor flight attendant was boarded in an air carrier uniform to ride jumpseat. During flight, when offering to help with the cabin service, other flight attendants became suspicious of the impostor's lack of knowledge and asked for identify. The impostor had none and at the next stop security removed the person. He, the impostor, tried to do the same thing with other acrs.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 347226 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199609 |
| Day | Sat |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : ewr |
| State Reference | NJ |
| Altitude | agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked ground : preflight other |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight attendant : on duty |
| Qualification | other other : other |
| ASRS Report | 347226 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far non adherence other other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Air Traffic Incident | other |
Narrative:
Male, flight attendant impostor boarded our flight from ewr- tpa. Had an air carrier a male flight attendant uniform on. He rode the jumpseat and helped with the service. He boarded the plane with a ticket. The next day he returned with us from tpa-ewr, in the same uniform. The crew became very suspicious of him and started questioning him. Come to find out he was not an air carrier a employee. We diverted to atl and called security. Security questioned him and then released him. The next day he tried to get on an air carrier B flight and was denied boarding, then he proceeded to try and get on a air carrier a flight and was also denied boarding. As far as we know he is still out there somewhere with an air carrier a flight attendant uniform.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: IMPOSTOR FLT ATTENDANT WAS BOARDED IN AN ACR UNIFORM TO RIDE JUMPSEAT. DURING FLT, WHEN OFFERING TO HELP WITH THE CABIN SVC, OTHER FLT ATTENDANTS BECAME SUSPICIOUS OF THE IMPOSTOR'S LACK OF KNOWLEDGE AND ASKED FOR IDENT. THE IMPOSTOR HAD NONE AND AT THE NEXT STOP SECURITY REMOVED THE PERSON. HE, THE IMPOSTOR, TRIED TO DO THE SAME THING WITH OTHER ACRS.
Narrative: MALE, FLT ATTENDANT IMPOSTOR BOARDED OUR FLT FROM EWR- TPA. HAD AN ACR A MALE FLT ATTENDANT UNIFORM ON. HE RODE THE JUMPSEAT AND HELPED WITH THE SVC. HE BOARDED THE PLANE WITH A TICKET. THE NEXT DAY HE RETURNED WITH US FROM TPA-EWR, IN THE SAME UNIFORM. THE CREW BECAME VERY SUSPICIOUS OF HIM AND STARTED QUESTIONING HIM. COME TO FIND OUT HE WAS NOT AN ACR A EMPLOYEE. WE DIVERTED TO ATL AND CALLED SECURITY. SECURITY QUESTIONED HIM AND THEN RELEASED HIM. THE NEXT DAY HE TRIED TO GET ON AN ACR B FLT AND WAS DENIED BOARDING, THEN HE PROCEEDED TO TRY AND GET ON A ACR A FLT AND WAS ALSO DENIED BOARDING. AS FAR AS WE KNOW HE IS STILL OUT THERE SOMEWHERE WITH AN ACR A FLT ATTENDANT UNIFORM.
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.