Narrative:

Upon parking the aircraft; a strong odor filled the back galley; right side. The left side air vents were closed off; making the odor stronger aircraft right. Flight attendant 4; answered the call from flight attendant 1 for the monitor and challenge when this odor filled the aft galley and my nostrils; burning intensely. After verification of doors; I grabbed tissues and covered my nose. I shouted 'fumes; fumes' to flight attendant 2 and he quickly ducked into lav and covered his nose and mouth with wet paper towels. He did get a small whiff of the odor and that helped me verify a description of the smell as a varnish; paint remover smell. I immediately called the captain and reported this to him and he said it was probable fuel intake and I told him no; [it must be] something stronger and to report it. He said he would but I later found out he had not.it was the last leg of the captains trip and I understand not wanting to spend time with a write up or discrepancy of the aircraft; but this was a safety issue and possibly harmful to the next crew and/or passengers. I have no way of offering a way of preventing this in the future if the flight deck will not believe a flight attendant with over 30 years of experienced flying.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A319 Flight Attendant reported smelling strong fumes in the aft cabin during gate arrival on the last flight of the day. Captain was notified but refused to relay the issues to maintenance.

Narrative: Upon parking the aircraft; a strong odor filled the back galley; right side. The left side air vents were closed off; making the odor stronger aircraft right. Flight Attendant 4; answered the call from Flight Attendant 1 for the monitor and challenge when this odor filled the aft galley and my nostrils; burning intensely. After verification of doors; I grabbed tissues and covered my nose. I shouted 'fumes; fumes' to Flight Attendant 2 and he quickly ducked into lav and covered his nose and mouth with wet paper towels. He did get a small whiff of the odor and that helped me verify a description of the smell as a varnish; paint remover smell. I immediately called the Captain and reported this to him and he said it was probable fuel intake and I told him no; [it must be] something stronger and to report it. He said he would but I later found out he had not.It was the last leg of the Captains trip and I understand not wanting to spend time with a write up or discrepancy of the aircraft; but this was a safety issue and possibly harmful to the next crew and/or passengers. I have no way of offering a way of preventing this in the future if the flight deck will not believe a Flight Attendant with over 30 years of experienced flying.

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.