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Air carrier flight attendant reported difficulty in finding time to acquire and consume food between flights.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1608877 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201901 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Flight Attendant (On Duty) |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Illness |
Narrative:
We had an unscheduled aircraft swap and I had not eaten since [early morning] and was starting to feel somewhat weak; and felt the need to acquire nutritious food. So on my way from one gate to the other; I stopped off to get food at an eatery that had no line; and was able to get food quickly. [I] went directly to my gate and after eating some of my sandwich; shortly after I began feeling better. This is a reoccurring issue/problems happening with many co-workers; sometimes on a flight duty day as long as 10 hours. We can be subject to disciplinary action due to delay of flight. Either build time in the pairing schedule or time between flights to get food after 5+ hours without the possibility of disciplinary action being taken; when we have many times no opportunity to get food during up to a 10 hour duty day.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air carrier Flight Attendant reported difficulty in finding time to acquire and consume food between flights.
Narrative: We had an unscheduled aircraft swap and I had not eaten since [early morning] and was starting to feel somewhat weak; and felt the need to acquire nutritious food. So on my way from one gate to the other; I stopped off to get food at an eatery that had NO LINE; and was able to get food quickly. [I] went directly to my gate and after eating some of my sandwich; shortly after I began feeling better. This is a reoccurring issue/problems happening with many co-workers; sometimes on a flight duty day as long as 10 hours. We can be subject to disciplinary action due to delay of flight. Either build time in the pairing schedule or time between flights to get food after 5+ hours without the possibility of disciplinary action being taken; when we have many times NO opportunity to get food during up to a 10 hour duty day.
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.