BootsOnTarmac
Well-Known Member
Afraid they do. We have no security at our ramp other than the airport police, and they don't check baggage or have detectors. The TSA checks baggage at the main concourse and has detectors, for regular airline passengers. Our ramp agents and managers are the only people I have ever seen check jumpseater baggage.
I'm surprised to hear that and it concerns me. Ramp agents / managers should not have the responsibility / liability to go thru a crew member or jumpseaters carry on to determine if they are passing restricted items. I believe the local TSA and Airport authority should know about this since these are commercial flights and not GA. Thankfully at my location everyone and their baggage goes through a metal detector and are escorted by security (If they don't have a local SIDA) to the crew lounge, and then escorted to the gate by a SIDA employee with escort privileges.
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