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Flight attendant reported they are not being provided with adequate cleaning supplies and sanitizers during the covid-19 pandemic. Flight attendant also expressed concern with the flight being overstaffed for no reason.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1739663 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202004 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | No Aircraft |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Flight Attendant (On Duty) |
| Qualification | Flight Attendant Current |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
We should not be compromising safety and security policy onboard regarding sitting next to someone when in reality we have to work together anyways in a close environment regardless. If we have a problem with it; we shouldn't be coming to work. I am not afraid. Jumpseat assignments are for safety and should not be compromised to any other location because of comfort. Safety and security are number 1 concerns.they are allowing the company to over staff flights above the established staffing guidelines that is providing an over staffing for no reason when it is completely not needed and that's the kind of concern I have. In addition; they are not providing hand sanitizer. Sometimes I can find them in the base; but we don't have them. Lysol for the counters don't do anything when you have nothing to clean the hands with and the small cut wipes in the kit are not good enough.the increase [in] the amount of standbys is also not needed for may as it increased the amount of people sitting around in the airport until this blows over. Forcing us to all be on reserve promotes more problems than it solves. Let me know if there is anything else I could provide as we work towards a solution.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Flight Attendant reported they are not being provided with adequate cleaning supplies and sanitizers during the COVID-19 pandemic. Flight Attendant also expressed concern with the flight being overstaffed for no reason.
Narrative: We should not be compromising safety and security policy onboard regarding sitting next to someone when in reality we have to work together anyways in a close environment regardless. If we have a problem with it; we shouldn't be coming to work. I am not afraid. Jumpseat assignments are for safety and should not be compromised to any other location because of comfort. Safety and security are number 1 concerns.They are allowing the company to over staff flights above the established staffing guidelines that is providing an over staffing for no reason when it is completely not needed and that's the kind of concern I have. In addition; they are not providing hand sanitizer. Sometimes I can find them in the base; but we don't have them. Lysol for the counters don't do anything when you have nothing to clean the hands with and the small cut wipes in the kit are not good enough.The increase [in] the amount of standbys is also not needed for May as it increased the amount of people sitting around in the airport until this blows over. Forcing us to all be on reserve promotes more problems than it solves. Let me know if there is anything else I could provide as we work towards a solution.
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.