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Flight crew member reported the company was sending crews out during pandemic without proper safety equipment.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1738644 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202003 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | No Aircraft |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Other / Unknown |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
We are taught to accept no unnecessary risk. This report will likely not make it through the report meeting for some time; because the FAA representative is following this rule; as the FAA left the training center when social distancing became a directive. Flight operations seems to be in a different world. Now; we are sending thousands of pilots out on multi-day trips with no N95 masks; no industrial disinfectant and no way to social distance on vans or in the cockpit.hotel rooms are not in any way guaranteed to be safe. Just yesterday; there were many pilots that had to be contacted because they had been in proximity to a known positive crew member. Company is not following safo 20003 procedure; which [recommends] crews to take daily temperatures. Why not? No reason given; we just don't follow it. We are not providing disinfectants. Why not? Because 'supply chain' can't get them. What if our fuel truck couldn't get enough gas for our minimum fuel?would we still operate? Since crews can't social distance; they certainly need N95 masks and training on how to effectively use them; but we aren't providing the masks. We are accepting unnecessary risk and I worry very much that this is going to lead to a death; or deaths that could have been prevented by following our own internal guidance.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Flight crew member reported the company was sending crews out during pandemic without proper safety equipment.
Narrative: We are taught to accept no unnecessary risk. This report will likely not make it through the report meeting for some time; because the FAA representative is following this rule; as the FAA left the Training Center when social distancing became a directive. Flight Operations seems to be in a different world. Now; we are sending thousands of pilots out on multi-day trips with no N95 masks; no industrial disinfectant and no way to social distance on vans or in the cockpit.Hotel rooms are not in any way guaranteed to be safe. Just yesterday; there were many pilots that had to be contacted because they had been in proximity to a known positive crew member. Company is not following SAFO 20003 procedure; which [recommends] crews to take daily temperatures. Why not? No reason given; we just don't follow it. We are not providing disinfectants. Why not? Because 'Supply Chain' can't get them. What if our fuel truck couldn't get enough gas for our minimum fuel?Would we still operate? Since Crews can't social distance; they certainly need N95 masks and training on how to effectively use them; but we aren't providing the masks. We are accepting unnecessary risk and I worry very much that this is going to lead to a death; or deaths that could have been prevented by following our own internal guidance.
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.