IamNegan
Well-Known Member
Howdy everybody!
I was recently talking to a friend of mine that is a dispatcher at another carrier and asked me what was on my "Company ID". I had him to further clarify, stating that they had "Crew" in their ID but because of some TSA media policy, the company was told to have "Crew" removed from their company ID because it did not meet their requirements for crew - which I feel is far from the truth because we are considered.... I did tell them we had the title "Dispatcher" on our ID's.
From my understanding - TSA requires IDs to meets the outline requirements that show the company, picture of that employee, the first and last name, company employee number, their job title and/or department such as OCC and two phase security tamper proof ID. They do not define what the company can define as far as the job classification, so in this case a Dispatcher having "Crew" on their ID should not be a problem and the TSA cannot dispute that fact however I maybe wrong, but having Crew or Dispatcher on the ID itself was more of a company security protocol of who is allowed to have access to the flight deck.
On another note, not sure if anyone has heard this but there has been some rumors that CASS will be changing over the next year or so at the request of the pilots union (ALPA) along with another carrier security group that anyone who is requesting to sit in the flight deck jumpseat that they will require the company ID to have the following: Crew or Dispatch and a code at the bottom that states authorized in the flight deck like FDJSA. I was denied the Southwest jumpseat last year or so because my ID didn't say "Crew" on it.
Just curious if anyone has heard about this TSA policy and the change in CASS.
Also, if you are are okay with saying what is written on your ID, please state it - I am just curious because I have seen both Crew and Dispatch on company ID.
I was recently talking to a friend of mine that is a dispatcher at another carrier and asked me what was on my "Company ID". I had him to further clarify, stating that they had "Crew" in their ID but because of some TSA media policy, the company was told to have "Crew" removed from their company ID because it did not meet their requirements for crew - which I feel is far from the truth because we are considered.... I did tell them we had the title "Dispatcher" on our ID's.
From my understanding - TSA requires IDs to meets the outline requirements that show the company, picture of that employee, the first and last name, company employee number, their job title and/or department such as OCC and two phase security tamper proof ID. They do not define what the company can define as far as the job classification, so in this case a Dispatcher having "Crew" on their ID should not be a problem and the TSA cannot dispute that fact however I maybe wrong, but having Crew or Dispatcher on the ID itself was more of a company security protocol of who is allowed to have access to the flight deck.
On another note, not sure if anyone has heard this but there has been some rumors that CASS will be changing over the next year or so at the request of the pilots union (ALPA) along with another carrier security group that anyone who is requesting to sit in the flight deck jumpseat that they will require the company ID to have the following: Crew or Dispatch and a code at the bottom that states authorized in the flight deck like FDJSA. I was denied the Southwest jumpseat last year or so because my ID didn't say "Crew" on it.
Just curious if anyone has heard about this TSA policy and the change in CASS.
Also, if you are are okay with saying what is written on your ID, please state it - I am just curious because I have seen both Crew and Dispatch on company ID.