An A319 flight attendant reported galley oxygen mask door above the jumpseat opened during taxi out....

Narrative:

During taxi out to the runway the aft galley oxygen masks dropped from the psu above the F/a jumpseat. I advised the lead F/a who called the captain and we returned to the gate and mx personal met the plane. Mx shoved the oxygen masks back in and taped off the oxygen compartment with blue painters tape. (Yes blue painters tape) and then told us he deferred it. I questioned this procedure and was told they turned off the switch in the cockpit for oxygen in the flight attendant galley. I find this very disturbing that they deferred the oxygen above my jumpseat and acted like it was no big deal. This goes against everything we were ever taught in training and recurrent; as well as our flight attendant manual. Please look into this matter and I would like to know the outcome incase this happens again.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An A319 Flight Attendant reported galley oxygen mask door above the jumpseat opened during taxi out. The Captain was notified and the flight returned to the gate where the door was taped shut and deferred by Maintenance. The reporter does not believe this is legal.

Narrative: During taxi out to the runway the aft galley oxygen masks dropped from the PSU above the F/A jumpseat. I advised the lead F/A who called the Captain and we returned to the gate and MX personal met the plane. MX shoved the oxygen masks back in and taped off the oxygen compartment with blue painters tape. (Yes blue painters tape) and then told us he deferred it. I questioned this procedure and was told they turned off the switch in the cockpit for oxygen in the flight attendant galley. I find this very disturbing that they deferred the oxygen above my jumpseat and acted like it was no big deal. This goes against everything we were ever taught in training and recurrent; as well as our flight attendant manual. Please look into this matter and I would like to know the outcome incase this happens again.

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	1138558
Time
Date	201312
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A319
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Taxi
Component
Aircraft Component	Oxygen System/Crew
Person 1
Function	Flight Attendant (On Duty)
Qualification	Flight Attendant Current
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe

An A319 flight attendant reported galley oxygen mask door above the jumpseat opened during taxi out. The captain was notified and the flight returned to the gate where the door was taped shut and deferred by maintenance. The reporter does not believe this is legal.