Either way, you're a crewmember so you'd better get ready for work, you have peanuts to distribute. Backpacks (including clear backpacks), hard-sided coolers (regardless of size) and bags larger than 16 x 16 x 8 inches are NOT permitted at Wrigley Field.Other bags (such as wallets, purses, drawstring bags, fanny packs, lunch bags, briefcases and soft-sided coolers) smaller than 16 x 16 x 8 inches in size are permitted. It's not my business what a person freely chooses to put in their own bodynor is it government's business. An aircraft can board without a pilotbut not without the minimum crew of flight attendants.. and considering how long our duty days are, I don't know any flight attendants willing to leave their layover hotel a couple hours earlier. Not one employee for any airline or airport goes through security. 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. Also, according to you, pilots don't have to because "." does this mean pilots can't do exactly what yiu allege FAs are doing? Questions about the specifics of the program should be directed to your airline. I don't know if a single checkpoint which excorts you directly to screening. Too much education, and not enough accountability. If I'm not trusted, then fine. I use KCM and live in a base. After X amount of time if (when) violations decrease, then just make KCM (or ECA) for pilots only. There's too many crewmembers to have them all go through pre-check. Pilots have a lot more to lose (significant investment in their career, inability to easily switch to a different field with similar compensation, licenses, etc) than flight attendants do. Carriage of another individuals property through the KCM portal to circumvent screening is prohibited. It was thought up and the Airline pilots Union and not he Flight attendants union. The majority of flight attendants and pilots follow the rules. Like other airline workers dont use a SIDA badge and go through another entrance. I agree some abuse the system and rules in place. Emirates restricts all smart balance wheels (with or without lithium batteries removed) to be transported as checked-in or carry-on luggage. Absolutely no verification of credentials or inspection of personal items. Flight attendants never should have been included. If you are a crew member who, even ONCE, brought a firearm illegally to work, you should be randomly screened for LIFE (even if you only did it once). Historical flightdeck positions include: "First responders" L.O.L. As a flight attendant myself I see this as another power grab by the government entity tsa. You really need to understand a few basics of airline travel. So drugs should be allowed? I'm laughing my ass off at all of these angry flight attendants and pilots saying TSA shouldn't worry about drugs lol. Q: What should I do if the TSA cannot validate my identity and employment status at the KCM access point? Crewmembers will be met by a TSA Security Officer (TSO) who will ask for a KCM barcode card and the appropriate identification requirements (see above). But as federal employees they are obligated by duty and law to report violations of other federal/state laws when it comes to their attention - such as finding illegal narcotics while screening for WEI. They are a clueless bunch of goons. I'm a Flight Attendant for a major US Carrier and I've known of a few that have had privileges suspended for a year and of one who had her privileges permanently revoked. U idiot clearly dont do this for a living.. Pilots are not more trustworthy than flight attendants and should not be given more special privileges than their fellow crew members. Its not just flight attendants fault khaki pants and white sneakers boy. KCM is a risk-based security program. Are you mad that they didn't let them go? EffectiveFriday, September 6, 2019, the requirements are: Effective August 27, 2019, KCM-authorized enhancement to Unpredictable Screening Procedures (USP) will be enabled. Most crew have known for YEARS NOW that the TSA has done a piss-poor job of screening. Yet they pay, through their time and treasure, for the billion searches performed in search of contraband and weapons. The screenshot is going around. The SF system randomly selects individuals to undergo selectee screening and will identify the printed boarding pass or seat request card with a SSSS. Not pilots. In the meantime, random screenings through the program will continue to increase, to minimize the number of prohibited items being brought through security. ]m+o^tw?Mxw7{[7Clikcno9b. First of all your name makes you sound like a racist, secondly I dont remember seeing any articles in approximately the last decade of any pilots smuggling drugs through security. Im curious to learn all the details of what this will look like. Ive been going through regular security when I arrive at the airport at my home base just to avoid the bother of being sent there anyway. That has never happened at any US domestic airport. It is possible, however, that a crewmember may be selected for random screening. So, what is even closer scrutiny Crewmembers are subject to a federal background check and fingerprinting as a result of 9/11. Worrying about wait times and passenger volume is what our management is for. Your password can't be one that you've used previously. Crewmembers will no longer be permitted to manually enter their KCM data. The people being caught with contraband are both flight attendants and pilots. How do you call yourselves life savers when you routinely smuggle drugs which KILL people. A few extra minutes of my time isnt going to matter that much. Crewmembers are permitted to bring personal property through the KCM access points as long as that property is not on theTSAs. Therefore, KCM eligible crewmembers are required to understand these KCM Rules for Use and comply with these rules while using the KCM access points. 5The Known Crew Member program enables TSOs to positively verify the identity and employment status of flight-crew members who have joined the program and provide expedited access to the sterile area of the airport for properly identified and verified, uniformed crewmembers. Didn't we all crewmembers provided the Agency with Fingerprints, ( They want new one's by next year 2023 ). Sold! Other Airline Flight Attendants have told me that some of their colleagues have been terminated for violating KCM policies. Pilots have years and $100,000 plus dollars invested in this career. (I hear at home about how the randoms seem to be more than the actual KCM good-to-gos.). Questions about the specifics of the program should be directed to your airline. EVEN with FULL KCM we constantly have to go thru full passenger screening because some airports have NO KCM or limited hours. page on our website to help with some of the misunderstandings in this program. Benjamin Spooner Briggs, his wife, Sarah, and the couple's 2-year-old daughter, Sophia. The announcement comes after the TSA reportedly discovered crew members smuggling unlawful items and substances through airport security checkpoints. 0000056810 00000 n xref 0000003889 00000 n Nevertheless, we know it takes man power and probably effects their bottom-line, to manage the check point. Flight attendants have the weapons they need readily available: cockpit access and a bottle of wine from the galley. the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) has found circumstances where there have been egregious violations of the KCM requirements. Do not go through KCM. Therefore, KCM eligible crewmembers are required to understand theKCM Rules for Useand comply with these rules while using the KCM access points. The vast majority of flight attendants are dedicated professionals, but unfortunately there have been too many examples in the news of flight attendants trying to smuggle drugs through KCM. 2. Outside of banner ads published through the Boarding Area network, this compensation does not impact how and where products appear on this site. What is the intent of Known Crewmember (KCM)? ENR 5. Will you diffuse the bomb and save the day? Remember, the crew may instead check your carry-on luggage when embarking, so if you carry any electronics that break the MSC drone policy, they may be confiscated until the end of the cruise. It just sucks overall, especially for those of us who do not smuggle drugs or weapons just do their jobs and just want to use flight benefits on their days off. I'm sure many blog readers have stories of this to share. Its really an interesting take when you mention pilots dont need to be screened as much. I'm a 44 year flight attendant. How many pilots have been caught smuggling? I honestly don't give a flying beep about ending KCM. And, while doom and gloom regarding the future might be reality, there is a good chance that it will be nowhere near as bad as some try to paint it. We are not law enforcement. It gets Americans used to standing in line while goons grope you - welcome to our increasing police state. And as you put it yourself, FAs are 'impoverished'. 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! Should be required to use clear backpacks or purses to pass security/ metal detectors should be used and nothing else should be allowed on premises. Highly incorrect. Drones are explicitly listed as forbidden luggage items on MSC cruises. Q:How is the KCM barcode card used? However, keep in mind it is not just F/A's who have been known to smuggle items or take advantage of the benefit. 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. One who will force change for the better. To check up-to-date regulations, prices of extra luggage, an exhaustive list . Sometimes there's contraband inside, and the well-meaning flight attendant had no idea. Our frustration has absolutely nothing to do with entitlement. If TSA cannot confirm a crewmembers identity or current employment status at the KCM access point, the crewmember will be directed to the passenger-screening checkpoint. I have PreCheck and Ive waited at least 30 minutes several times between April and October this year. Not only does he have an axe under his seat, but he could simply crash the plane. Youre a bunch of loser clowns. Thank you for listening to ALL my pain points. We KCM should be 100% allowed for pilots there is a MASSIVE difference in career terms and pay between pilots and FAs. 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. This isnt the 1980s anymore. Security is an illusion there is no reason to subject those flying the airplane to TSA checks. When youre randomly checked five or six times in a row, its easy to cop a tude. Know what you can pack before arriving at the airport by checking the prohibited items list. Contact Lmao you think I care about wait times and passenger volume? If your pass has a SSSS printed on it, you must undergo selectee screening at the passenger screening checkpoint. KCM Crewmember definition & requirements: For the purpose of the KCM Program, authorized crewmembers have been defined by the TSA as: Captains or Pilots in Command, First Officers or Co-Pilots, Flight Engineers, Flight Navigators, Flight Attendants and Load Masters for full all-cargo operations. I think this KCM change may be a solution in search of a problem. The use of the KCM program is a privilege and not a right. Great, making the job even more miserable will help the pilot shortage, You all realize that the ramp agents and TSA making $15-$20 an hour bypass all security and could put a bomb on a plane, but pilots and even flight attendants have to go through screening. Q: What should I do if I encounter a TSA screening officer who does not seem to be applying the KCM requirements correctly? To my knowledge its not that many. As a 121 passenger pilot, this would push me to go fly cargo, it would be too much of a hassle to go through normal security. Get a list of the restricted items, dangerous goods. In my opinion and observations, many of the violations that have As a result of having the FAA certificate, they are allowed to use the KCM lines. Thanks to the right wing gun nuts that cant tell a difference between their flight bag and a range bag. Never wait more the 10 minutes. DGU W2VTsscpKX Ub. I will however, proceed to explain that there is a necessity to have minimum crew on board to board passengers which I do realize you do not deal with. Yes, you generally go to a crew line or the front of the regular line or a separate crew security line, but you Always go the the scanner as does your luggage. Too bad Clayton Osbon didn't have a gun and kill the fo right? I've come up with a plan though for my KCM screening, up 75%I now wear flip flops and a Jethro Bodine belt to then get sent to random screening! I say, take it from those who violate the policy, but don't penalize those of who do right. Your feedback is important in helping us keep our community safe. Im a 37-year flight attendant with bachelors and masters degrees. He clearly doesnt do this on the day yo day and sounds dumb. There have been reports of pilots caught with weapons when they get randomed. I WILL share my information when the time is right - IF things do not get better for us working crew who - HAVE ALREADY - been put through multiple screening processes to ensure we were safe enough to serve the public on an aircraft. As for their excuse as to why theyre increasing random security checks, its kind of a dumb argument. 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. If Will is a pilot, it only reinforces the often primadonma, elitist egos of many pilots. Spoken like a true dummy. Are allowed Liquids, Aerosols and Gels (LAGs) and other exemptions applicable to uniformed flight crewmembers atTSA PreCheck. So it's not that they don't understand the reputation-restricted nature of items; it's that they have the rep and still can't buy the items. I have also seen pilots try to bring animals or children through KCM with them. Interesting SMR? There won't be any after its gone. Perhaps the TSA services will improve if there are enough complaints from pilots and FAs as they way they treat some people is unacceptable. KCM does not exempt a crewmember from complying with these additional security measures. I dont think there was EVER a 3-4 HOUR security line.except maybe right after 9/11 or perhaps a few times in AMS over the summer. I'm a 44 year flight attendant. The exception is that employees will sometimes be randomly selected to be screened, and the number of random screenings has reportedly increased significantly in recent months (and will continue to increase). Crew members should: participate in their national vaccination programmes recognising that vaccination offers personal protection from infection and can assist in recovery of global connectivity; monitor themselves for fever or chills, cough, shortness of breath or difficulty breathing, loss of taste, or other symptoms of COVID-19 according to . Encourage your airline to be more stringent in hiring, join the hiring team. Stay connected with the latest travel, aviation, and credit card news. Stay mad, enjoy going through the security checkpoint. When it was in this form, there were virtually no problems. NEWSFLASH: Most hand creams that flight attendants use (#1 preferred product by F/A's is "WORKING HANDS") have glycerine at the VERY TOP of the ingredients list. If you look at the Number of incidents that are occurring, the majority, are all flight attendants. About AFA | Then go deal with management messaging and calling asking why your late to the gate because you got a random search and your flight is 3 terminals away. I fly for an international freight airline. We are required to sign in at latest 1 hr before departure. I guarantee if you're a flight attendant reading this you've said "oF cOuRsE I diD!" For over two decades, Aircraft Operators have relied on NATACS for compliance services that meet the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Transportation Security Administration (TSA) secured document and record management solutions. To view KCM security checkpoint lanes at DFW, please visit the Known Crewmember website. Now its being taken away. Secondly, its rather disturbing that TSA agents have very little oversight in regards to entering secure areas with bags, purses, etc. There are multiple reports of pilots being busted with weapons. Also, many large airports have crew and employee security checkpoints that are currently in the secure area that are accessible by employee shuttle buses. Hair curlers containing hydrocarbon gas, up to one (1) per passenger or crew member, provided that the safety cover is securely fitted over the heating element. Sharp Objects, including all knives and scissors. Non-uniformed crewmembers are screened to passenger-screening standards. Your flight will be delayed while we get screened. They are not the DEA and yet they end up finding ridiculous amounts of drugs usually because some idiot left a water bottle in the bag. If you combine all the flight attendants and look at the numbers is it even close to 1% of crew members doing this? Check it out its in the Pilot Wives Page or on KrewRestKaren. It takes all of us to to fly passengers. The vast majority of crew use KCM exactly as they should and are law abiding. More egregious violations of the Code Federal Regulations (CFRs) could result in civil or criminal penalties. drills. 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! Cry for us. She was seventy-seven years old. GOVERNMENT!!!!!!!!!!!! Crewmembers can utilize the KCM access points for both business and personal use. BTW! It only takes a few bad apples (be it pilots or flight attendants) to ruin the process for everyone.. It has been a shit-show forever at many airports (I'll site a few problem locations: EWR is #1- their KCM NEVER WORKS, forcing Crew to the regular (oh I'm sorry) - Punish those that broke the rule. Real professional comment on your part. Containers of liquid that violate the 3.4-ounce (100 milliliter) rule are the number one offender. Who cares if a pilot brings a gun onto a plane. Also, the US is rolling out more and more high tech scanners which are much faster. For everyones information, so long as the plane is on there is no need to have pilots on board while boarding passengers. This was discipline issued by the carrier and documented by TSA. We ask for your cooperation as Transportation Security Officers (TSOs) become familiar with this KCM policy change. Also allowing them to use this when they are off duty is the other problem. 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. That only causes issues. Sign up Anyway, Im curious to see what the new procedure looks like. Known Crewmember is a risk-based screening system that enables TSA security officers to positively verify the identity and employment status of flight crewmembers. Zero??? "First responders" L.O.L. Prohibited Items Week 2021. Will you diffuse the bomb and save the day? For years, pilots and flight attendants havent had to regularly go through security, thanks to the Known Crewmember Program. I don't really care if literally the whole crew, all my fellow passengers, and TSA are all smuggling drugs on every flight so long as I get where I'm headed. 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.
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