Flight attendant reported the main door flight attendant is distracted during passenger boarding fro...

Narrative:

Having the flight attendant (flight attendant) door greeter handing out sanitizing wipes distracts the door greeter from being able to monitor safety duties at the forward door. The flight attendant is unable to monitor baggage and other issues that the FAA requires because of passing out non-safety related items exclusively. These items should be passed out to the boarding passengers from the customer service agent who has time before boarding and the manpower to distribute them.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Flight Attendant reported the main door Flight Attendant is distracted during passenger boarding from their safety duties because of having to hand out sanitizing wipes to passengers.

Narrative: Having the Flight Attendant (FA) door greeter handing out sanitizing wipes distracts the door greeter from being able to monitor safety duties at the forward door. The FA is unable to monitor baggage and other issues that the FAA requires because of passing out non-safety related items exclusively. These items should be passed out to the boarding passengers from the Customer Service Agent who has time before boarding and the manpower to distribute them.

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.

Attributes
ACN	1756713
Time
Date	202008
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 FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Flight attendant reported the main door flight attendant is distracted during passenger boarding from their safety duties because of having to hand out sanitizing wipes to passengers.