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Pilot report, DC9. Captain found out that the cabin crew were not sitting I proper jump seat for all flight segments on their duty rig. Violation of far.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 489940 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200010 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 0601 To 1200 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : zzz.airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | DC-9 Undifferentiated or Other Model |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | climbout : takeoff descent : approach ground : taxi landing : roll |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Qualification | pilot : atp |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 150 flight time total : 8000 flight time type : 1000 |
| ASRS Report | 489940 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : commercial pilot : instrument pilot : multi engine |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far non adherence : company policies |
| Independent Detector | other flight crewa |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : anomaly accepted none taken : detected after the fact |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Cabin Crew Human Performance Company Flight Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Cabin Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
Both of the common crew flight attendants on my trip would situation in the front jump seat during takeoff and landing.. They told the additional temporary flight attendant to situation in the aft jump seat. They did this on 4 separate legs during our trip. I subsequently learned after the trip was over, that this is in direct violation of regulations. I rely on the flight attendants to follow their regulations, without having to know them myself. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the reporter said that on some versions of the DC9, the minimum requirement for flight attendants is 2, while on others, it is 3. On this particular DC9, the requirement was 2, so that the third is an extra. His understanding was that it was an far that the normal 2, who stay with the cockpit on all the flight segments, are seated 1 in back and 1 in front. He did not realize that there should be 2 flight attendants in back, because that is where the larger amount of exits and the larger number of passenger are.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PLT RPT, DC9. CAPT FOUND OUT THAT THE CABIN CREW WERE NOT SITTING I PROPER JUMP SEAT FOR ALL FLT SEGMENTS ON THEIR DUTY RIG. VIOLATION OF FAR.
Narrative: BOTH OF THE COMMON CREW FLT ATTENDANTS ON MY TRIP WOULD SIT IN THE FRONT JUMP SEAT DURING TKOF AND LNDG.. THEY TOLD THE ADDITIONAL TEMPORARY FLT ATTENDANT TO SIT IN THE AFT JUMP SEAT. THEY DID THIS ON 4 SEPARATE LEGS DURING OUR TRIP. I SUBSEQUENTLY LEARNED AFTER THE TRIP WAS OVER, THAT THIS IS IN DIRECT VIOLATION OF REGS. I RELY ON THE FLT ATTENDANTS TO FOLLOW THEIR REGS, WITHOUT HAVING TO KNOW THEM MYSELF. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR SAID THAT ON SOME VERSIONS OF THE DC9, THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENT FOR FLT ATTENDANTS IS 2, WHILE ON OTHERS, IT IS 3. ON THIS PARTICULAR DC9, THE REQUIREMENT WAS 2, SO THAT THE THIRD IS AN EXTRA. HIS UNDERSTANDING WAS THAT IT WAS AN FAR THAT THE NORMAL 2, WHO STAY WITH THE COCKPIT ON ALL THE FLT SEGMENTS, ARE SEATED 1 IN BACK AND 1 IN FRONT. HE DID NOT REALIZE THAT THERE SHOULD BE 2 FLT ATTENDANTS IN BACK, BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE THE LARGER AMOUNT OF EXITS AND THE LARGER NUMBER OF PAX ARE.
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.