Originally Posted by EMAW

Sometimes. It depends on basing, and where the company is based. For example, Frontier pilots based in Denver have a SIDA badge however, my wife worked for Republic and now for Delta she’s never had a SIDA badge.

Originally Posted by EMAW

Not necessarily. Technically a authorized crew badge allows you to be in designated areas on the ramp, and within the footprint of your aircraft for preflight/postflight. A few airports might have different requirements, but SIDA badges aren’t universal and if we had to have one for every ramp that’d be a heavy lanyard.