A321 captain reported that the lack of cockpit foot heaters results in degraded pilot performance; p...

Narrative:

I wrote up in the logbook the lack of heat on the cockpit floor. Both pilots had very cold feet at the top of descent with the outside temperature at -60 degrees celsius. The captain's feet were numb from the cold as I had on only standard dress socks. The first officer had on double socks and thermal long underwear. The heat in the cockpit was run uncomfortably high at 79/80 to try and get some heat to the floor. We also try to keep our feet up on the installed foot pegs to get some heat to our feet. Our feet are required to be on the rudders for landing. I suggest that an emergency order be issued to install the manufacturer's foot/floor heaters in both pilot positions to alleviate this debilitating work environment.the company [is] aware of this problem; but continues to operate the aircraft without the foot heaters; directly degrading pilot performance with limbs so cold you can barely feel the rudders.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A321 Captain reported that the lack of cockpit foot heaters results in degraded pilot performance; particularly in regard to use of the rudder pedals.

Narrative: I wrote up in the logbook the lack of heat on the cockpit floor. Both pilots had very cold feet at the top of descent with the outside temperature at -60 degrees Celsius. The Captain's feet were numb from the cold as I had on only standard dress socks. The First Officer had on double socks and thermal long underwear. The heat in the cockpit was run uncomfortably high at 79/80 to try and get some heat to the floor. We also try to keep our feet up on the installed foot pegs to get some heat to our feet. Our feet are required to be on the rudders for landing. I suggest that an emergency order be issued to install the manufacturer's foot/floor heaters in both pilot positions to alleviate this debilitating work environment.The company [is] aware of this problem; but continues to operate the aircraft without the foot heaters; directly degrading pilot performance with limbs so cold you can barely feel the rudders.

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.

Attributes
ACN	1416384
Time
Date	201701
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.ARTCC
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A321
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Descent
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Aircraft Heating System
Person 1
Function	Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe

A321 captain reported that the lack of cockpit foot heaters results in degraded pilot performance; particularly in regard to use of the rudder pedals.