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Flight attendant reported a row that is typically blocked for flight attendant use was released for passenger seating.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1760103 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202009 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Cruise |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Flight Attendant (On Duty) |
| Qualification | Flight Attendant Current |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
Flight attendant D on this aircraft is assigned a jumpseat that is located in the aisle at/adjacent to the aft rh lav door (legs and feet cross pass lav door). With covid precautions to lower the spread of this disease; the X row of this aircraft is normally blocked for flight attendant use only. At boarding time; someone released the X row and filled with paying passenger; even though this flight went out with 8-10 non-revs and had an additional 7 open seats (scattered about the main cabin). At cruise level of flight; flight attendant D used a galley box to sit on in the aft galley to enable passenger's access to the aft lav without tripping over feet and/or possible exchange of disease between passengers and flight attendant. Flight attendant was in assigned jumpseat for taxi; takeoff; and landing.equip this aircraft with a jumpseat at the aft rh door so that flight attendant D is out of path to lav and is closest to the aft rh door for evacuation needs.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Flight Attendant reported a row that is typically blocked for Flight Attendant use was released for passenger seating.
Narrative: FA D on this aircraft is assigned a jumpseat that is located in the aisle at/adjacent to the AFT RH LAV door (legs and feet cross pass LAV door). With COVID precautions to lower the spread of this disease; the X row of this aircraft is normally blocked for FA use only. At boarding time; someone released the X row and filled with paying passenger; even though this flight went out with 8-10 non-revs and had an additional 7 open seats (scattered about the main cabin). At cruise level of flight; FA D used a galley box to sit on in the AFT Galley to enable passenger's access to the AFT LAV without tripping over feet and/or possible exchange of disease between passengers and FA. FA was in assigned jumpseat for taxi; takeoff; and landing.Equip this aircraft with a jumpseat at the AFT RH door so that FA D is out of path to LAV and is closest to the AFT RH door for evacuation needs.
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.