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Passenger reported the flight attendants erected a curtain in the coach cabin as a rest area during flight. Passenger expressed safety and security concerns with this incident.

Narrative:

While traveling on board the flight aabc I witnessed fas setting up the break curtain in the beginning of the coach cabin. It was odd to me that the curtain would be erected given the difficulty of putting the curtain up and taking it down. My concern is mainly about the safety and security of the flight. I cannot attest to the number of people taking breaks; but breaks were taken and this has to stop. If something has changed and they are entitled to breaks then I am not aware and need to find out whether breaks are to be taken. I had not flown in a few months due to covid-19; but knew something was not quite right with the curtain issue. Insult to injury; there were numerous stand by passengers/employees onboard that may have witnessed this; let alone regular passengers curious as to why this curtain was erected. Again my concern is about safety and security. I know for a fact that cabin coverage would have been an issue because there were only X flight attendants if I'm not mistaken working the flight that night. Again these people need to be spoken to in regards to this matter because this could have easily turned into a catastrophic event if someone got sick and needed assistance; or worse a terrorist event. I am concerned and this again needs to be addressed immediately. Why were these flight attendants so confident that they could take a break in full view of passengers?

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Passenger reported the flight attendants erected a curtain in the coach cabin as a rest area during flight. Passenger expressed safety and security concerns with this incident.

Narrative: While traveling on board the Flight AABC I witnessed FAs setting up the break curtain in the beginning of the coach cabin. It was odd to me that the curtain would be erected given the difficulty of putting the curtain up and taking it down. My concern is mainly about the safety and security of the flight. I cannot attest to the number of people taking breaks; but breaks were taken and this has to stop. If something has changed and they are entitled to breaks then I am not aware and need to find out whether breaks are to be taken. I had not flown in a few months due to COVID-19; but knew something was not quite right with the curtain issue. Insult to injury; there were numerous stand by passengers/employees onboard that may have witnessed this; let alone regular passengers curious as to why this curtain was erected. Again my concern is about safety and security. I know for a fact that cabin coverage would have been an issue because there were only X flight attendants if I'm not mistaken working the flight that night. Again these people need to be spoken to in regards to this matter because this could have easily turned into a catastrophic event if someone got sick and needed assistance; or worse a terrorist event. I am concerned and this again needs to be addressed immediately. Why were these flight attendants so confident that they could take a break in full view of passengers?

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.