Anyone is eligible to file an ASRS report, including air traffic controllers, pilots, flight attendants and passengers.
Pilots appear to be among the most frequent filers.
All reports are submitted to NASA, and entered into the database, which began in 1988. Most reporters use this data to identify particular incidents to use as examples in their stories, while gathering quantifiable data from other aviation datasets. The reports are anonymous. They do not include the name of the filer. Reports may include month, year and day of week, but not the exact date.