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Flight attendant reported that due to aircraft weight and balance considerations; passengers were required to sit close together in specific rows. The crew member expressed concern that this was not conducive to health and social distancing during the covid-19 pandemic.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1739659 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202004 |
| 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 In Charge |
| Qualification | Flight Attendant Current |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Deviation - Procedural Weight And Balance Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
If I personally hadn't been on over 10 [specific type aircraft] flights with many different operations agents in the past several days; I would not be reporting this incident.nineteen people were forced to sit between rows 4 through 10.I made my concerns know to the captain; the working crew; the deadheading crew and the operations agent. The operations agent said this was the only way the flight could go out because of weight and balance.nineteen people forced into 12 rows (6 on right and 6 on left) some even sharing rows made this flight the unhealthiest flight I've been on during this covid-19 pandemic.do 19 people on a flight compromise the integrity of [this specific type] aircraft? Could zones 1 and 2 be utilized for health and social distancing during this pandemic?!
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Flight Attendant reported that due to aircraft weight and balance considerations; passengers were required to sit close together in specific rows. The crew member expressed concern that this was not conducive to health and social distancing during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Narrative: If I personally hadn't been on over 10 [specific type aircraft] flights with many different Operations Agents in the past several days; I would not be reporting this incident.Nineteen people were forced to sit between rows 4 through 10.I made my concerns know to the Captain; the working crew; the deadheading crew and the Operations Agent. The Operations Agent said this was the only way the flight could go out because of weight and balance.Nineteen people forced into 12 rows (6 on right and 6 on left) some even sharing rows made this flight the unhealthiest flight I've been on during this COVID-19 pandemic.Do 19 people on a flight compromise the integrity of [this specific type] aircraft? Could zones 1 and 2 be utilized for health and social distancing during this pandemic?!
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.