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Flight attendant felt coerced into letting a non-working flight attendant sit in a seat that was not supposed to be used because of social distancing.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1764938 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202009 |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601-1200 |
| 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 |
Narrative:
Right before we were about to close the boarding door the csa agent came down to the plane and asked if I was okay letting another flight attendant sit by me (working flight attendant) in X4. I was under the impression that this is not allowed but the agent said it was fine. I did recall some flight attendants talking about this same situation happening on another flight and it was not allowed. The agent put me in a situation of being the bad guy and telling me the other flight attendant wouldn't get on if I didn't allow this. I spoke with the a flight attendant and she said it was fine with her. I don't mind the fact that the other flight attendant was sitting next to me but I do know that our union made it; so we could social distance while sitting in our jump seats. I allowed it as I didn't know the rules to this. I later came to the back the flight attendant in the back said that this was not allowed therefore the reason for the report.please send out an email and/or bulletin so we know what the rule is. We need to stay consistent with information like this.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Flight Attendant felt coerced into letting a non-working Flight Attendant sit in a seat that was not supposed to be used because of social distancing.
Narrative: Right before we were about to close the boarding door the CSA agent came down to the plane and asked if I was okay letting another Flight Attendant sit by me (working FA) in X4. I was under the impression that this is not allowed but the agent said it was fine. I did recall some flight attendants talking about this same situation happening on another flight and it was not allowed. The agent put me in a situation of being the bad guy and telling me the other Flight Attendant wouldn't get on if I didn't allow this. I spoke with the A FA and she said it was fine with her. I don't mind the fact that the other Flight Attendant was sitting next to me but I do know that our union made it; so we could social distance while sitting in our jump seats. I allowed it as I didn't know the rules to this. I later came to the back the FA in the back said that this was not allowed therefore the reason for the report.Please send out an email and/or bulletin so we know what the rule is. We need to stay consistent with information like this.
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.