During an aircraft change and passenger transfer, the PIC noted that passenger were boarded on the new flight without a rescan of their boarding passes and prior to the flight attendant cabin inspection being performed at ZZZ, us.

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Attributes
ACN	577212
Time
Date	200303
Day	Sun
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	airport : zzz.airport
State Reference	US
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
ASRS Report	577212
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Events
Anomaly	cabin event other non adherence : far non adherence : company policies other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted none taken : detected after the fact
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Flight Crew Human Performance Passenger Human Performance Aircraft Maintenance Human Performance Company Cabin Crew Human Performance
Primary Problem	Company

Narrative:

Boarding problem. Original aircraft had maintenance problem so maintenance control decided to change equipment. The captain and agent informed passenger they would deplane and reboard the new aircraft at the next gate. I left the aircraft via jetbridge stairs to the ramp and completed exterior preflight on the new aircraft. Upon entering new aircraft the passenger were already boarding. While completing my interior inspection, the captain arrived in the cockpit and informed me the agent had started boarding prior to flight attendant arrival. The flight attendants did not get to complete their preboarding inspections before the passenger arrived. Also, the agents did not rescan boarding passes when the passenger came from the old aircraft. They said the passenger were supervised, but that is inherently unsecure.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: DURING AN ACFT CHANGE AND PAX TRANSFER, THE PIC NOTED THAT PAX WERE BOARDED ON THE NEW FLT WITHOUT A RESCAN OF THEIR BOARDING PASSES AND PRIOR TO THE FLT ATTENDANT CABIN INSPECTION BEING PERFORMED AT ZZZ, US.

Narrative: BOARDING PROB. ORIGINAL ACFT HAD MAINT PROB SO MAINT CTL DECIDED TO CHANGE EQUIPMENT. THE CAPT AND AGENT INFORMED PAX THEY WOULD DEPLANE AND REBOARD THE NEW ACFT AT THE NEXT GATE. I LEFT THE ACFT VIA JETBRIDGE STAIRS TO THE RAMP AND COMPLETED EXTERIOR PREFLT ON THE NEW ACFT. UPON ENTERING NEW ACFT THE PAX WERE ALREADY BOARDING. WHILE COMPLETING MY INTERIOR INSPECTION, THE CAPT ARRIVED IN THE COCKPIT AND INFORMED ME THE AGENT HAD STARTED BOARDING PRIOR TO FLT ATTENDANT ARR. THE FLT ATTENDANTS DID NOT GET TO COMPLETE THEIR PREBOARDING INSPECTIONS BEFORE THE PAX ARRIVED. ALSO, THE AGENTS DID NOT RESCAN BOARDING PASSES WHEN THE PAX CAME FROM THE OLD AIRCRAFT. THEY SAID THE PAX WERE SUPERVISED, BUT THAT IS INHERENTLY UNSECURE.

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.