AVIATION SAFETY IMPROVEMENT SUGGESTION RELATED TO SECURITY PREFLT INSPECTIONS OF ACFT PRIOR TO PAX BOARDING AT ALL STATIONS INCLUDING ORD; IL.

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ARRIVED EARLY AT ACFT. WHEN FLT ATTENDANTS REQUESTED TO COME TO FIRST CLASS FOR A BRIEFING; ONE OF THE FLT ATTENDANTS HAD FOUND A PACKAGE IN ONE OF THE OVERHEAD BINS. I NOTIFIED THE CUSTOMS SERVICE AND HAD THE ACFT SEARCHED AGAIN. A COUPLE OF THINGS WERE NOTICED WITH THIS RESEARCH OF THE ACFT. THE CREW CHIEF WHO SIGNED THE SECURITY SLIP IS ONLY IN CHARGE OF THE FIRST AND BUSINESS CLASS CREWS. THE COACH CREW COMES UNDER ANOTHER SUPVR AND HE TELLS THE FRONT SUPVR THAT THE BACK IS DONE. THEN THE FRONT SUPVR SIGNS THE SECURITY SHEET. IT SEEMS THAT THE INDIVIDUAL WHO SIGNS THE SECURITY SHEET SHOULD BE IN CHARGE OF THE WHOLE ACFT'S INSPECTION AND CREW. SECOND THING NOTICED: THAT A LOT OF THE PEOPLE JUST PUT THEIR HANDS IN THE UPPER BINS; WHICH ARE VERY HIGH ON THE 777. IT SEEMS THAT ONLY THE TALLER INSPECTORS CAN SEE IN THE BINS. I THINK A BETTER AND MORE EFFECTIVE WAY OF DOING THIS CHK WOULD BE TO HAVE A MIRROR LIKE THEY USE TO LOOK UNDER A CAR. THEN THE WHOLE BIN CAN BE SEEN BY WHATEVER SIZE PERSON IS DOING THE INSPECTION. ALSO THIS MAY REDUCE THE TIME IT TAKES TO DO THE INSPECTION.