Flight attendant report on passenger smoking in lavatory on DC10 jfk-lax.

Attributes
ACN	432617
Time
Date	199903
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	0601 To 1200
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : zla.artcc
State Reference	CA
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zla.artcc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	DC-10 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	cruise : level
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight attendant : on duty
Qualification	flight attendant : currently qualified flight attendant aircraft qualified on : 6
Experience	flight attendant time airline total : 0.25 flight attendant time total : 0.25 flight attendant time type : 25
ASRS Report	432617
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight attendant : on duty
Qualification	flight attendant : currently qualified
Events
Anomaly	cabin event : passenger misconduct non adherence : company policies non adherence : far non adherence : published procedure
Independent Detector	other other : cab2
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	Other

Narrative:

On mar/xa/99 on flight from jfk to lax, a flight attendant from main cabin came up to the service center between first class and business class on the md DC10 and told the purser that she had caught a man smoking in the lavatory. She reported that he had smoked again after she had warned the 2 guys. The purser went back to warn them. She said they laughed at her and she went up to the cockpit to have someone meet the flight. I saw nothing, since I was working in business class. I only overheard the conversation between the main cabin flight attendant and the #1 flight attendant.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: FLT ATTENDANT RPT ON PAX SMOKING IN LAVATORY ON DC10 JFK-LAX.

Narrative: ON MAR/XA/99 ON FLT FROM JFK TO LAX, A FLT ATTENDANT FROM MAIN CABIN CAME UP TO THE SVC CTR BTWN FIRST CLASS AND BUSINESS CLASS ON THE MD DC10 AND TOLD THE PURSER THAT SHE HAD CAUGHT A MAN SMOKING IN THE LAVATORY. SHE RPTED THAT HE HAD SMOKED AGAIN AFTER SHE HAD WARNED THE 2 GUYS. THE PURSER WENT BACK TO WARN THEM. SHE SAID THEY LAUGHED AT HER AND SHE WENT UP TO THE COCKPIT TO HAVE SOMEONE MEET THE FLT. I SAW NOTHING, SINCE I WAS WORKING IN BUSINESS CLASS. I ONLY OVERHEARD THE CONVERSATION BTWN THE MAIN CABIN FLT ATTENDANT AND THE #1 FLT ATTENDANT.

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.