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Air carrier flight attendant reported concern when a passenger knelt on a mat in the aisle to pray during climb.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1615531 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201901 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0001-0600 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Flight Attendant (On Duty) |
| Qualification | Flight Attendant Current |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
First class passenger approached me while I was sitting on my jump seat right after 10;000 feet; changing into my in-flight shoes and passenger asked if he could be there for two minutes.as I looked down to finish putting on my shoes he dropped a prayer mat and started praying on the floor facing the sunrise with half of his body in my galley and half in the aisle.I wish I had immediately stopped putting my shoes on so I would have seen the mat in his arm.passengers were mostly sleeping in first class and didn't notice him on the floor. As it turned out he was a pilot for [another airline]. Maybe this was a cultural thing but this brought fear to me and then the other flight attendants on my flight. He did not cause any other interruption and returned to his first class seat.I would suggest if a passenger is carrying a mat and wants to pray that they go to an empty row or to the rest room for privacy to pray. During this touchy time in society he could be in danger because of fear from passengers and flight attendants also could take this wrong and go in to full alert. Keep passengers away from galley in first class because of its proximity to cockpit.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Air carrier Flight Attendant reported concern when a passenger knelt on a mat in the aisle to pray during climb.
Narrative: First Class passenger approached me while I was sitting on my jump seat right after 10;000 feet; changing into my in-flight shoes and passenger asked if he could be there for two minutes.As I looked down to finish putting on my shoes he dropped a prayer mat and started praying on the floor facing the sunrise with half of his body in my galley and half in the aisle.I wish I had immediately stopped putting my shoes on so I would have seen the mat in his arm.Passengers were mostly sleeping in first class and didn't notice him on the floor. As it turned out he was a pilot for [another airline]. Maybe this was a cultural thing but this brought fear to me and then the other flight attendants on my flight. He did not cause any other interruption and returned to his first class seat.I would suggest if a passenger is carrying a mat and wants to pray that they go to an empty row or to the rest room for privacy to pray. During this touchy time in society he could be in danger because of fear from passengers and flight attendants also could take this wrong and go in to full alert. Keep passengers away from galley in first class because of its proximity to cockpit.
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.