Originally Posted by
SuperG1955
The GA can and should write it up themselves. It's a semi-'get out of jail card' if they self report the problem.
Systems and procedures fail and if there were multiple persons working the gate, which is a normal occurrence, a combination of events, and failed checks or conrols might be the cause.
Agreed on this. I suspect there were multiple points of failure that lead to this happening, not all of them the fault of the GA. Someone reporting their error, or even better recognizing how it can occur again is an asset to any company.