When youre randomly checked five or six times in a row, its easy to cop a tude. As a reminder, KCM is accessible only for "active" crewmembers, In an effort to clear up any misunderstanding and eliminate confusion on access protocol, we recommend that you review our . b. Stay in your busted vehicle because I can tell by the way you type youre a bum at best. Career term differences may be different in your eyes, but its all in the eye of the beholder & YOU dont determine VALUE or WORTH! 0000008870 00000 n 82 0 obj <>stream The Department of Homeland Security and the White House also have given their approval for KCM. Prohibited Items Program Prohibited Items Program Page 1 of 12 Directive 15.9.3.1 Revision 1 I. Once you arrive at the boarding gate and your pass has not been properly marked by the TSA, you will be sent back to the passenger screening checkpoint for proper screening. For travel tips and a complete list of items prohibited from carry-on or checked baggage, visit www.TSATravelTips.us or call the Contact Center toll-free at 1-866-289-9673. Things have gotten so bad, I am ready for a fight. Flight attendants have 2 months of training. 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. List of Prohibited Items Examples of items prohibited by UPS include, but are not limited to the following: Ammunition (except as expressly provided in the "UPS Tariff/Terms and Conditions of Service - United States" beginning on page 7) Bank bills, notes or currency (other than coin) Corpses, cremated or disinterred remains Fireworks More egregious violations of the Code Federal Regulations (CFRs) could result in civil or criminal penalties. The first step should be eliminating flight attendants from any expedited screening program. MSC Cruise Luggage Allowance: Rules, Limits and Forbidden Items It's about protecting those who aren't from the delays and damage caused by the searches. george and margaret keller today - narmadakidney.org I have an axe every leg i fly and u wanna screen me for a knife lol U cant be this dumb! Association of Flight Attendants-CWA - AFA United MEC, 2020 Association of Flight Attendants-CWA, AFL-CIO. If someone smuggles drugs or other prohibited items through security or customs, bust them and prosecute, dont completely attempt to re invent the wheel by punishing everyone. May the fleas of a thousand camels infest your armpits! Airlines - KNOWN CREWMEMBER What else are they catching? An automated enhancement to random screening/USP has been enabled in the KCM system. Our frustration has absolutely nothing to do with entitlement. Highly incorrect. Dangerous Goods are items that may endanger the safety of an aircraft or persons on board the aircraft. If you really think flying is dangerous because of 9/11 then I would say there are a million other things besides that one and this is an unnecessary power grab by a government agency. Drones are explicitly listed as forbidden luggage items on MSC cruises. I think the KCM program is complete bullshit. So in reality anyone who come into the airlines as an employee. Cleaners/agents/food vendors/cleaning crews/maintenance. No one would do it. General. Can we also ban the pilots who brought their guns, or the ones bringing their wives wine? Youre a bunch of loser clowns. Crewmember Questions and Answers - Association of Flight Attendants-CWA 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. And those are not small. Too bad Clayton Osbon didn't have a gun and kill the fo right? The TSA is just theater of the absurd (95% fail rate*) . Thats why why have an attitude, but when the government stopped paying yall we were some of the first work groups trying to see what we could do to help yall out. Meanwhile with all this new increase of Random checks I've been bypassing KCM and just doing the regular line. Why even bother with KCM? On August 30, 2019, TSA announced new crewmember identification requirements. KCM provides crewmembers with an alternative entry point into airport sterile areas, which may be separate from the passenger security-screening lanes. The most common hard skill for a mcdonalds crew member is cleanliness. We KCM should be 100% allowed for pilots there is a MASSIVE difference in career terms and pay between pilots and FAs. A flight attendant, also known as steward / stewardess or air host / air hostess, is a member of the aircrew aboard commercial flights, many business jets and some government aircraft. It's not about logistics. If you are an Employee or an Administrator (DER) please enter the information below to have a password reset emailed to you. Report: TSA Ending Known Crewmember Program In 2023 Ben Schlappig Published: November 30, 2022 Updated: December 4, 2022 201 While exact details remain to be seen, it would appear that airline pilots and flight attendants may have to consistently start going through airport security as of next year In this post: This enhanced process leverages current technology to provide an effective and cost-efficient solution. When all of the flights are getting delayed, people will be wishing KCM was back. Not one employee for any airline or airport goes through security. All rights reserved. I thought you were a former twitter employee, not an airline pilot. Cops, firefighters and paramedics are first responders. Its really an interesting take when you mention pilots dont need to be screened as much. Prohibited Items Civil Enforcement Civil Enforcement Prohibited Items Planning ahead and packing properly can facilitate the screening process and ease your travel experience at the airport. NATACS- Forgot Password I just assumed thats how it works pretty much everywhere. This is not a U.S. government site. She'll sometimes get that friend who says, "Hey, can you take my nephew's laptop to the United States to that our friend over there can take it to get repaired/exchanged at the store where he bought it." This enhancement will include retention of the Crewmember selection for USP for a period of time at all KCM access points in that airport. I just hope the tsa dosen't find out we have a one handed crash axe in every cockpit. Can't buy restricted items? - The Outer Worlds: General Discussion (NO Pilots are not more trustworthy than flight attendants and should not be given more special privileges than their fellow crew members. "Y'all fucked around and found out". 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. What are you talking about 3-4 hours waiting? Perhaps we should make it easy for flight attendants to get to the aircraft too? Random screening or Unpredictable Screening Procedures (USP) is built into the system as a check and balance to ensure the integrity of the KCM program. On January 26, 2021, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), issued an order, requiring operators to collect, store and verify documentation on the current COVID-19 status of inbound international air passengers traveling to the United States. It would make better sense to just have a baggage scanner at each KCM checkpoint but eliminate the need to X-ray scan our bodies. While I am an airline pilot, I fly for a major cargo airline and thankfully dont have to deal with the incompetent TSA smurfs. Know what you can pack before arriving at the airport by checking the prohibited items list. Known Crewmember has been a wonderful privilege. "A half a block" really? Fine tuning of the program are very much in need but not just to our end, theirs (Government Screeners) too. Flight attendants are consistently being found to bring prohibited items (including drugs, even though that's not what TSA is looking for) through KCM. after being told you got a random. Duh. You don't like your job and you feel so miserable at it. They may be carried by passengers or crew members and are for personal use only. The majority of flight attendants and pilots follow the rules. Ok, back to your BarcaLounger. We are not law enforcement. Yeah, like pilots dont smuggle things in either smh! Learn to comprehend what I'm saying. https://www.afacwa.org/setting_record_straight_kcm_rumors?fbclid=IwAR2Jx6AzwBq_JTj471QFrQZST-hQzQNXJEa26tUuXbfKvLQLc_UNFuWuNzc. Visit the Consumer Product Safety Commission's website for more information on what items might be subject to a recall. Questions or feedback by flight crew should be directed to your respective airline. 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. The people being caught with contraband are both flight attendants and pilots. Historical flightdeck positions include: I guess it's impossible for them to smuggle something, even though that's NOT what it's for. There's no generally available program that would allow most people to bypass airport security altogether. Then you have to listen to passengers complain and ask why your late. Crewmembers may not transit the KCM portal with any. _W+ 2.3 And not punish the rest of us. First, crew members appreciate having a KCM check point. There are multiple reports of pilots being busted with weapons. Who is to say they can't hand off drugs or weapons. 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. Known Crewmember Also, the US is rolling out more and more high tech scanners which are much faster. It's not my business what a person freely chooses to put in their own bodynor is it government's business. So tell me. 0000057317 00000 n 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.