ATL S5 crews are NOT given sida badges because there is a 1000 dollar fine for SIDA badges not returned when an employee quite, leaves or is terminated. MGT determined that with the high turnover they have experienced in ATL amongst FA's that it was not worth the exposure/risk to the company. Thus crews can not get down to the crew room below D35 until at least 630 am in the morning....sometimes later. Result, is you have to have you flight bag with you if you are a commuter to an early line or even inbase to an early line. S5 operates flights for DAL out of B and E mostly occasionally A. And also flights for UAL out of the T gates. There are currently about 75 crews based in ATL. Oh and YES absent SIDA badges S5 crew members must go thru security every time they report in ATL ...no bypassing security.