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An air carrier captain reports that passenger service agents did not inform him about federal air marshals (fam's) being on board.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 793533 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200807 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B757-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 190 flight time total : 20000 flight time type : 5000 |
| ASRS Report | 793533 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : company policies non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa other other : 2 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Company |
| Primary Problem | Company |
Narrative:
Once again gate agent did not inform us of fam's (federal air marshals) on board. Only found out because the 1 marshal mentioned something to our jumpseater as she was boarding who mentioned it after departure. Flight attendants were unaware. This new program of the air marshals doesn't work in my opinion. Gate agents are very overworked and usually do not report pcfa's (passenger carrying fire arm) on board.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: AN ACR CAPT REPORTS THAT PAX SVC AGENTS DID NOT INFORM HIM ABOUT FEDERAL AIR MARSHALS (FAM'S) BEING ON BOARD.
Narrative: ONCE AGAIN GATE AGENT DID NOT INFORM US OF FAM'S (FEDERAL AIR MARSHALS) ON BOARD. ONLY FOUND OUT BECAUSE THE 1 MARSHAL MENTIONED SOMETHING TO OUR JUMPSEATER AS SHE WAS BOARDING WHO MENTIONED IT AFTER DEP. FLT ATTENDANTS WERE UNAWARE. THIS NEW PROGRAM OF THE AIR MARSHALS DOESN'T WORK IN MY OPINION. GATE AGENTS ARE VERY OVERWORKED AND USUALLY DO NOT RPT PCFA'S (PAX CARRYING FIRE ARM) ON BOARD.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of May 2009 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.