Stowaway - Flight 1683 SLC- Austin
Mar 21, 2024, 9:01 pm
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so my next-door neighbor is actually a gate agent for Delta, and he’s the one who told me that the gate agent will be losing his job. Yes, if you get a duplicate, you must investigated according to him failing to do so is a fireable offense
Mar 22, 2024, 10:06 pm
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I think the media is overplaying this story . . . positioning it as "shocking" and a "security threat". I mean, he did clear the TSA checkpoint. Even if his stowaway plan had succeeded, nobody would have been in any danger.
Mar 23, 2024, 7:08 am
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Mar 23, 2024, 7:34 am
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He took a photo of a paper boarding card? and the gate agent accepted it?
Mar 23, 2024, 7:47 am
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The phone faces down for the scanner, and the scanner doesn’t know the difference between paper or screen. If it was a hand scanner or one where the phone faces up (like SkyClubs), it may have been noticed.
Mar 23, 2024, 8:13 am
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Mar 23, 2024, 8:24 am
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He was issued a buddy pass for WN by friend that works for WN and thus had a standby BP for WN. Thus why TSA says no issue on their end. WN flight was full so went to option B.
Mar 23, 2024, 8:26 am
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Mar 23, 2024, 11:09 am
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Some GAs lately have been using the handheld scanners similar to those found in the SC to board/scan BPs. Seen them in use at MCO and BNA just to name a few specifically.
Mar 23, 2024, 11:18 am
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Yes but the video of this incident clearly shows it was one of the "face down on the glass" scanners.
Mar 23, 2024, 12:38 pm
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I'm sure there will be talks to be more careful. However i just don't see where the GA screwed up. If a duplicate wasn't a common occurrence, sure I'd place more blame on them. However duplicates are far from uncommon.
Also mainline FA don't do head counts before closing door. Only the regionals do a headcount anymore.
The biggest fault I see, passenger was allowed to be in lav during pushback/taxi. The lavatory should've been checked prior to pushback.