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A passenger reported the passenger seated in the aisle seat next to him/her was of such size as to make it impossible to remain in the center seat unless the arm rest between seats a and B was up in which case the reporter intruded on the space of the window seat passenger. In addition; it would have been impossible to take a brace position should it have become necessary.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1193946 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201408 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Pax Seat |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Passenger |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Passenger Misconduct |
Narrative:
I was deadheading on this flight. A passenger of size came to sit in 12B and informed me he would be sitting in 12C. I complied. This passenger proceeded to take up his seat as well as half of mine. I could not sit back in my seat. This is a safety concern. In the event of an emergency situation I would not have been able to take the brace position. For take off and landing 12A had their armrest up and my back was jammed up against that. During flight; I stood in the galley. The working crew called the agent to review situation. Agent told passenger that if seat rest would not go down he would have to purchase a second seat. Passenger started to show that the armrest would go down and agent walked away. In fact the armrest only went 1/4 of the way but the agent left before seeing that. I had no alternative but to sit there; if I had walked off flight I would have been charged with job abandonment. Even though I didn't feel safe.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A passenger reported the passenger seated in the aisle seat next to him/her was of such size as to make it impossible to remain in the center seat unless the arm rest between seats A and B was up in which case the reporter intruded on the space of the window seat passenger. In addition; it would have been impossible to take a brace position should it have become necessary.
Narrative: I was deadheading on this flight. A passenger of size came to sit in 12B and informed me he would be sitting in 12C. I complied. This passenger proceeded to take up his seat as well as half of mine. I could not sit back in my seat. This is a safety concern. In the event of an emergency situation I would not have been able to take the brace position. For take off and landing 12A had their armrest up and my back was jammed up against that. During flight; I stood in the galley. The working crew called the agent to review situation. Agent told passenger that if seat rest would not go down he would have to purchase a second seat. Passenger started to show that the armrest would go down and agent walked away. In fact the armrest only went 1/4 of the way but the agent left before seeing that. I had no alternative but to sit there; if I had walked off flight I would have been charged with job abandonment. Even though I didn't feel safe.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.