PLT FEEL SECURITY OVERREACTS WHEN HE DOES NOT HAVE A SPECIFIC ARPT IDENT BADGE.

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THE INCIDENT AROSE FROM A DISPUTE BTWN MYSELF AND A MECH. MY COMPANY IS A CHARTER OPERATOR FOR THE MAJOR FREIGHT CARRIERS. WE HAVE SEVERAL RTES IN THE PITTSBURGH AREA. I WAS MEETING WITH ANOTHER OF OUR PLTS AND A SUPVR AND A MECH. THE MECH GOT UPSET WITH MY PRESENCE AND CALLED THE ARPT SECURITY. I WENT TO THE RAMP WHERE MY ACFT WAS PARKED BY WAY OF A TUG ROAD AND THE ARPT POLICE WERE THERE TO TALK TO ME. I DO NOT HAVE A PIT ARPT SECURITY IDENT BADGE. I ALSO DO NOT HAVE A SECURITY IDENT FOR NY; BWI; LAX; OR ORD. NO OTHER AIRLINE PLTS HAVE IDENT BADGES ISSUED BY THE ARPTS THEY VISIT EITHER. THE ARPT POLICE TOLD ME THEY WERE FILING AN INCIDENT RPT AND I COULD BE FINED. THIS IS A COMMON OCCURRENCE WITH ARPT SECURITY ACROSS THE COUNTRY. THE PROB IS THAT PLTS; WHO HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE ON THESE RAMPS; ARE UNNECESSARILY HASSLED. UPON SPEAKING TO ARPT SECURITY SUPVRS; THEY FEEL THE SAME WAY--PLTS DO NOT NEED TO BE BADGED. THE PROB IS THE FIELD PERSONNEL ARE NOT INFORMED OF THIS. THIS NEEDS TO HAPPEN AND THEN WHEN A SECURITY OFFICER ENCOUNTERS A PLT WHO IS UNBADGED; HE SHOULD QUESTION HIS BUSINESS ON THE RAMP AND THEN MOVE ON WITH LIMITED HASSLES.