So they pick on us instead. 11/21/22 Notice to KCM Participating Airlines, 6/29/22 Notice to KCM Participating Airlines, 3/1/22 Notice to KCM Participating Crewmembers, 6/23/20 Notice to KCM Participating Crewmembers. They are picked up and dropped off from the ramp. Packages large enough to smuggle a sufficient quantity of and when people are searched - which IS part of the security screening process - then there is a legitimate NECESSITY to escalate something that is illegally found to the appropriate law enforcement authorities. Battery-powered electronic smoking devices, such as "e-cigarettes, e-cigs, e-cigars, e-pipes, e-hookahs, personal vaporizers, electronic nicotine delivery systems," can be brought as carry-on items only. "If It can be pumped, poured, spread or sprayed and it's more than 3.4 ounces," it needs to . What am I hoping to accomplish by sharing this information? . Crewmembers who do not have a KCM barcode card, have a worn/unreadable barcode card, or have not completed the registration process will be referred to the passenger screening checkpoint for entry into the airport sterile area If a crewmember does not present an active KCM barcode card and is referred for screening, they must follow the TSOs instructions and complete the screening process at the passenger screening checkpoint. And those are not small. A:Authorized crewmembers traveling with a printed boarding pass or seat request card are subject to the TSA Secure Flight (SF) vetting system the same as passengers. First as the article stated, pilots fly the airplane so and second, at most major airports ground personnel do not have to clear security at all, ever! Are allowed front-of-the-line access atTSA PreCheck lanes and standard passenger screening lanes. Interesting SMR? Your feedback is important in helping us keep our community safe. The sticky problem here is that a crew member bringing in a pound of drugs could just as easily be bringing in something that could harm an aircraft. Only authorized crewmembers approved by the KCM system may enter the airport sterile area through a KCM access point. Therefore, KCM eligible crewmembers are required to understand theKCM Rules for Useand comply with these rules while using the KCM access points. Crewmembers may not bring pets or pet carriers through the KCM access point. The SF system randomly selects individuals to undergo selectee screening and will identify the printed boarding pass or seat request card with a SSSS. Please read this for the facts and not speculation or conjecture. "Strip searched" When you fabricate, you lose all credibility. About AFA |
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2 70H@ H\Ak0:bf0mBmM85ld8.!gv?d}R{>Eee More egregious violations of the Code Federal Regulations (CFRs) could result in civil or criminal penalties. Perhaps we should make it easy for flight attendants to get to the aircraft too? Surely if it truly were that long Donna (Karen) you absolutely would have taken a photo. I think the KCM program is complete bullshit. Punish those that broke the rule. Now pilots are going to be harassed over non-compliant 3-1-1 liquids. At the end of a flight cabin crew members are there to make sure that passengers disembark the aircraft safely. They aren't looking for drugs but if they find you strapped up with bricks of coke and fentanyl they have to get police involved, you absolute morons. So, like with just about everything else good, a few ruin it for the majority. Flight attendants have been the issue with attempting to smuggling things through KCM. Contact Us. The current system is broken beyond repair at the moment. Ukraine Prohibited and Restricted Items FedEx Cross Border is unable to ship prohibited and non-approved restricted items on behalf of its customers. Interesting viewpoint, except for those people who never have to pass through security could easily pass said product off to said pilot, attendant, or anyone with access to the plane storage cargo. Flight attendants are consistently being found to bring prohibited items (including drugs, even though that's not what TSA is looking for) through KCM. Ultimately, you will work with other employees and managers to ensure projects are completed on time and that our organization hits its goals. Youre a bunch of loser clowns. Funny how you said that it's the flight attendants when I can tell because I actually work as a flight attendant that just last month a PILOT went through KCM with a loaded weapon that he should have declared. Are they really catching crew members with drugs? DGU W2VTsscpKX
Ub. Well, at least for larger airports. I got secondary screening and they did it right there at the crew line (which they do in other countries) they just wipe your hands and suitcase and test it. Today's airline management and unions only care that the males can wear the female uniforms, makeup, tattoos, or fingernail polish, because it keeps the "price down". There's no generally available program that would allow most people to bypass airport security altogether. lost an engine, no hydraulics, a decompression, or worse) onboard your next flight and YOU need the assistance of a Flight Attendant to save your life or that of a loved one! In commercial aviation, the aircrew are called flight crew. This will ensure your ability to use the KCM system again. Worrying about wait times and passenger volume is what our management is for. Almost 80%. - you would really have more "professionals" and those are less likely to abuse the system. Guess what? Uniformed crewmembers are exempt from 3-1-1 restrictions. Their union fought for this they should be allowed to keep it. Your password can't be a commonly used password. It does appear the supercilious author of this piece, pulled out his Medallion Card and showed it to the whole worldeven if to mostly blame impoverished flight attendants for being drug mules? Dangerous Goods are also known as restricted articles, hazardous materials and dangerous cargo. I love my job and certainly contribute more than just having a pulse. TSA has determined that certain violations of TSA security requirements by a crewmember are inconsistent with a determination that the crewmember poses a sufficiently low risk to transportation security to be eligible for KCM expedited screening, regardless of whether the violation physically occurred at the KCM access point. Provisions for Dangerous Goods Carried by Passengers or Crew (Subsection 2.3) Dangerous goods must not be carried in or as passengers or crew, checked or carry-on baggage, except as otherwise 2 provided below. TSA finds almost all guns. Since they have random and say catch someone doing something illegal make that individual go through the whole security process instead of punishing all of us? The more international travelers know about what to expect, the easier and quicker the process becomes. KCM is a risk-based security program and the use of the KCM program is a privilege and not a right. Are you mad that they didn't let them go? That would solve the vast majority of the issues. If you arrive at the busiest times, youll see dozens of airport staff coming thru the PreCheck positions. The vast majority of crew use KCM exactly as they should and are law abiding. The program expedites flight crewmember access to sterile areas of airports, reduces passenger screening line congestion, enhances security, and makes airport checkpoint screening more efficient for all who depend on air transportation. We are talking IT IS TIME FOR CHANGE. Its simply aggravation when you have to wait on a slow ass employee bus then drag your bag to security and here an offer say You wanna try your luck with a dumb ass grin on their face. That is simply the way it works in every part of society. If the average traveller's time is worth $30 per hour, then an extra 20 minute delay costs $10. Eh? A few extra minutes of my time isnt going to matter that much. Known Crewmember Fact Sheet (Source: www.knowncrewmember.org) Q. board the aircraft. However, off-duty crews should ALWAYS have to proceed thru the TSA security checkpoints like regular passengers. Q:Can a crewmember individually join KCM if their airline does not participate in the program? Now there's a delayairline management won't like that idea. TSA might not be perfect but I would rather have them then not. Fine tuning of the program are very much in need but not just to our end, theirs (Government Screeners) too. We do not speed up the security process because it's busy. My concern for flight attendants would be the TSA liquid limits. An average pilot makes whatunder $200k at best. If the pilots on a flight become incapacitated, the lives of everyone on board are jeopardized; if the flight attendants become incapacitated, it is a Pilots are not easily replaced, flight attendants are. Have anyone seen how TSA Employees (as well as LEOs )gain access to the secured sterile areas of any of our nation's airports around the country? Now, when TSA asks, I just say Im not playing Your Game of going thru two lines, this is all eyewash anyway. There should be employee TSA entrance, no sense of having crews who show up last minute, which is understandable not having an employee entrance. If you disagree, go get your Airline Pilot Certificate and 1500 hours of flight time and compare that with the job requirements to become a flight attendant, and then tell me who is more likely to risk their career at a KCM checkpoint. GOVERNMENT!!!!!!!!!!!! What are you talking about 3-4 hours waiting? A pilot with bad intentions could more easily overpower his crewmate with a weapon. They are picked up and dropped off from the ramp. Trust me, they will do something about KCM.and it will include all working crew members. Maybe the airlines should consider Spandex! U idiot clearly dont do this for a living.. These items must accompany the crew member upon . At this point just shut it down and make a dedicated TSA precheck line for crew members only to help keep regular lines clear. Boohoo. Q:What if I have not received a KCM barcode card from my participating airline? A:The KCM barcode card is used to expedite the crewmember verification process at the KCM access points. TSA is out of controltheir job is to prevent a 9-11but today they are covid mask enforcers, DEA agents, uniform police etc etcKCM was paid for and pushed in by ALPA with alpa duesthe F/A's got in for free and ruined it. Please view our advertising policy page for additional details about our partners. Everyone should be screened. That should have never been allowed any more than ground workers could access special security lines when traveling. This entire article was a joke and seemed more demeaning than informative. Deny entry and inform the crewmember/s, as applicable, that they are not authorized through the KCM access point. If the program went back to its origins, it would work fine, but the authorities are far too politically correct to exclude just one problem group, so now we all get to suffer for their sins. HAAAA!!! The STSO must: a. It gets Americans used to standing in line while goons grope you - welcome to our increasing police state. Money and Other Monetary Instruments You seem to be missing the point and just jumping on the offense instead. Same as everyone in front of me. A 14 year old girl flew coast to coast solo, followed by her father, an airline captain in another plane. I have also seen pilots try to bring animals or children through KCM with them. It also has warned that such violations could jeopardize the entire Known Crew Member program. I witnessed a pilot trying to bring his teenage son through KCM and getting irate because he was told he couldnt. Containers of liquid that violate the 3.4-ounce (100 milliliter) rule are the number one offender. CrewPASS has been used successfully at three East Coast airportsBaltimore/Washington International (BWI), Pittsburgh International (PIT) and Columbia (S.C.) Metropolitan (CAE)for almost three years. Pilots should still be able to have KCM. 0000004686 00000 n
For context, with the Known Crewmember Program, eligible pilots and flight attendants dont have to clear security when passing through airports. So in reality anyone who come into the airlines as an employee. Most helpful comments ( as chosen by the OMAAT community ). SIDA badge holder to carry it into the sterile area then give to the FA for delivery - many SIDA badge holders make less than FAs with easy entry into a position as long as they have a clean-ish background. But if they find drugs they have to alert authorities. As for the flight attendant vs. pilot issue, the justification for including flight attendants was always that there simply was not A large part of the problem was allowing crew members - pilots or flight attendants - to use KCM when off duty with the exception of going immediately taccess o/from their base as a commuter. As if trucks and other merchandise dont come through to be sold at airport property. 0000004455 00000 n
However, off-duty crews should ALWAYS have to proceed thru the TSA security checkpoints like regular passengers.
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