2 unscreened passenger with bags allowed to board aircraft.

Attributes
ACN	490038
Time
Date	200010
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : atl.airport
State Reference	GA
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	tower : atl.tower
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-88
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : parked
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 4500 flight time type : 480
ASRS Report	490038
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	cabin event other non adherence : published procedure non adherence : company policies non adherence : far
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Company Flight Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance

Narrative:

An unmarked car pulled up next to the airplane and 2 civilian women with luggage and a large man in an unfamiliar uniform got out of the car and climbed up the stairs to the jetway. The man, who had a company identify, informed the captain that the 2 female passenger were the wife and daughter of a senior level executive. The captain asked if the passenger's bags had been x-rayed which is required by our company's operations manual (fom) -- they had not. The captain talked to one of our chief pilots and got verbal approval to board the passenger and their bags in violation of an FAA-approved manual, and we flew the trip as scheduled.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: 2 UNSCREENED PAX WITH BAGS ALLOWED TO BOARD ACFT.

Narrative: AN UNMARKED CAR PULLED UP NEXT TO THE AIRPLANE AND 2 CIVILIAN WOMEN WITH LUGGAGE AND A LARGE MAN IN AN UNFAMILIAR UNIFORM GOT OUT OF THE CAR AND CLBED UP THE STAIRS TO THE JETWAY. THE MAN, WHO HAD A COMPANY IDENT, INFORMED THE CAPT THAT THE 2 FEMALE PAX WERE THE WIFE AND DAUGHTER OF A SENIOR LEVEL EXECUTIVE. THE CAPT ASKED IF THE PAX'S BAGS HAD BEEN X-RAYED WHICH IS REQUIRED BY OUR COMPANY'S OPS MANUAL (FOM) -- THEY HAD NOT. THE CAPT TALKED TO ONE OF OUR CHIEF PLTS AND GOT VERBAL APPROVAL TO BOARD THE PAX AND THEIR BAGS IN VIOLATION OF AN FAA-APPROVED MANUAL, AND WE FLEW THE TRIP AS SCHEDULED.

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.