When ramp personnel failed to obtain the requested air conditioning equipment the cabin temperature ...

Narrative:

I called ramp service for an air conditioning truck several minutes into the boarding process. After another 15 minutes I called again. Passengers were complaining and I had started sweating profusely. I usually would not allow boarding to start; but at the beginning of boarding the temperature was about 79 degrees and I thought air conditioning was on the way. About halfway through boarding I started to feel nauseous and had to go out on the jetway where it was cooler. That made a total of 3 times leaving my duties to ask for air conditioning. The pilot finally arrived and turned on the APU. He told me that boarding should not have started at that temperature.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: When ramp personnel failed to obtain the requested air conditioning equipment the cabin temperature rose so high during passenger boarding the Flight Attendant reporter needed to exit the aircraft for relief. Ultimately a pilot arrived and started the APU to provide relief.

Narrative: I called ramp service for an air conditioning truck several minutes into the boarding process. After another 15 minutes I called again. Passengers were complaining and I had started sweating profusely. I usually would not allow boarding to start; but at the beginning of boarding the temperature was about 79 degrees and I thought air conditioning was on the way. About halfway through boarding I started to feel nauseous and had to go out on the Jetway where it was cooler. That made a total of 3 times leaving my duties to ask for air conditioning. The pilot finally arrived and turned on the APU. He told me that boarding should not have started at that temperature.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.

Attributes
ACN	1111080
Time
Date	201308
Place
Locale Reference	LAX.Airport
State Reference	CA
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B757-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Flight Attendant (On Duty)
Qualification	Flight Attendant Current
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Other / Unknown Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown

When ramp personnel failed to obtain the requested air conditioning equipment the cabin temperature rose so high during passenger boarding the flight attendant reporter needed to exit the aircraft for relief. Ultimately a pilot arrived and started the APU to provide relief.