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Far - captain informs the first officer, after leveloff, that he had his son occupy a lavatory for takeoff because there were no passenger seats available.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 303209 |
| Time | |
| Date | 199504 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : slc |
| State Reference | UT |
| Altitude | msl bound lower : 29000 msl bound upper : 29000 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zlc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff cruise other ground : preflight |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : flight engineer pilot : atp pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 8000 flight time type : 210 |
| ASRS Report | 303209 |
| Person 2 | |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact none taken : anomaly accepted other |
| Consequence | Other |
| Supplementary | |
| Primary Problem | Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Air Traffic Incident | Pilot Deviation |
Narrative:
On xx/mon/95 shortly after leveloff the captain (as the PF) acknowledged to me that he had erred in instructing the flight attendants to have the captain's son situation in the lavatory for takeoff due to a lack of available passenger seating. I was unaware of this until after leveloff.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: FAR - CAPT INFORMS THE FO, AFTER LEVELOFF, THAT HE HAD HIS SON OCCUPY A LAVATORY FOR TKOF BECAUSE THERE WERE NO PAX SEATS AVAILABLE.
Narrative: ON XX/MON/95 SHORTLY AFTER LEVELOFF THE CAPT (AS THE PF) ACKNOWLEDGED TO ME THAT HE HAD ERRED IN INSTRUCTING THE FLT ATTENDANTS TO HAVE THE CAPT'S SON SIT IN THE LAVATORY FOR TKOF DUE TO A LACK OF AVAILABLE PAX SEATING. I WAS UNAWARE OF THIS UNTIL AFTER LEVELOFF.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.