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Flight attendant reported confusion whether a non-rev passenger could sit in a specific jump seat.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1753812 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202007 |
| 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 | Parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Flight Attendant (On Duty) |
| Qualification | Flight Attendant Current |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
I was B position; while checking cabin I see a passenger seated in X6 next to the D jump seat which was [name]. I asked a flight attendant and D flight attendant what's up? D flight attendant I believe [was] not aware of the rules to social distance us [by] blocking X4 and X5. D flight attendant thought it was ok to offer that seat to a non- rev. I was not a so again repeated it is not ok; yet we were now pushing back. Later in flight I found out the agent was not the one to request from us but D flight attendant offered it up so they assigned a non rev to X6 . We had many open seats in main cabin. A flight attendant; understanding where I was coming from and he too being here much longer than the two reserves understands we have rules we have a contract it is not up for debate . This is our jump seat. A flight attendant informed us as a whole that he would report this situation and I thanked him and agreed. I want us all to learn from this. As I don't think either of them still understand and shouldn't put another crew or agent in jeopardy of getting in trouble. If I am incorrect and she was in the right and can continue going above and beyond accommodating passenger next to her jump seat in X6 for future flights then please reply. If I am correct; could you please address this to the entire flight attendant group for clarification.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Flight Attendant reported confusion whether a non-rev passenger could sit in a specific jump seat.
Narrative: I was B position; while checking cabin I see a passenger seated in X6 next to the D Jump Seat which was [NAME]. I asked A FA and D FA what's up? D FA I believe [was] not aware of the rules to social distance us [by] blocking X4 and X5. D FA thought it was OK to offer that seat to a non- rev. I was not A so again repeated it is not OK; yet we were now pushing back. Later in flight I found out the agent was not the one to request from us but D FA offered it up so they assigned a non rev to X6 . We had many open seats in main cabin. A FA; understanding where I was coming from and he too being here much longer than the two reserves understands we have rules we have a contract it is not up for debate . This is our jump seat. A FA informed us as a whole that he would report this situation and I thanked him and agreed. I want us all to learn from this. As I don't think either of them still understand and shouldn't put another crew or agent in jeopardy of getting in trouble. If I am incorrect and she was in the right and can continue going above and beyond accommodating passenger next to her jump seat in X6 for future flights then please reply. If I am correct; could you please address this to the entire flight attendant group for clarification.
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.