Narrative:

Sterile cockpit. Just after takeoff out of sna at approximately 300 ft, the landing gear had just come up. We wre chimed from flight attendant #1 who was working position #2. We did not answer because we had just taken off into the fog and we were at a very low altitude. After climbing to a safe altitude, I called flight attendant #2 who was working position #1 to find out what the emergency was. Flight attendant #2 said that flight attendant #1 had called us because the cabin lights in the back of the aircraft had gone out, and the emergency lights came on, then the cabin lights came back on and everything was now normal. I find it hard to believe that anyone would call the cockpit while taking off from sna into the fog at 300 ft just because the lights went out or, for that matter, any reason other than a fire or smoke in the cabin. I requested flight attendant #1 and flight attendant #2 to come up to the cockpit and asked flight attendant #1 why she felt it was necessary to call us at this critical time, and asked her if she was aware of the sterile period. Her answer was that this is what she had been taught in training. I explained how dangerous it was to call during this time and especially at sna with the bad WX conditions, and that this could have caused an accident. Flight attendant #1 said she thought this was something that could not wait until we were above 10000 ft. I explained that had she done this just prior to takeoff, we could have aborted and who knows what would have happened. Her answer was the same. She thought we had to know no matter what phase of flight we were in. In my opinion, it is very dangerous to train flight attendants this way.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B757 FLC WAS CALLED JUST AFTER TKOF AT SNA BY A FLT ATTENDANT TO RPT CABIN LIGHTING HAD FAILED AND EMER LIGHTS WERE ILLUMINATED.

Narrative: STERILE COCKPIT. JUST AFTER TKOF OUT OF SNA AT APPROX 300 FT, THE LNDG GEAR HAD JUST COME UP. WE WRE CHIMED FROM FLT ATTENDANT #1 WHO WAS WORKING POS #2. WE DID NOT ANSWER BECAUSE WE HAD JUST TAKEN OFF INTO THE FOG AND WE WERE AT A VERY LOW ALT. AFTER CLBING TO A SAFE ALT, I CALLED FLT ATTENDANT #2 WHO WAS WORKING POS #1 TO FIND OUT WHAT THE EMER WAS. FLT ATTENDANT #2 SAID THAT FLT ATTENDANT #1 HAD CALLED US BECAUSE THE CABIN LIGHTS IN THE BACK OF THE ACFT HAD GONE OUT, AND THE EMER LIGHTS CAME ON, THEN THE CABIN LIGHTS CAME BACK ON AND EVERYTHING WAS NOW NORMAL. I FIND IT HARD TO BELIEVE THAT ANYONE WOULD CALL THE COCKPIT WHILE TAKING OFF FROM SNA INTO THE FOG AT 300 FT JUST BECAUSE THE LIGHTS WENT OUT OR, FOR THAT MATTER, ANY REASON OTHER THAN A FIRE OR SMOKE IN THE CABIN. I REQUESTED FLT ATTENDANT #1 AND FLT ATTENDANT #2 TO COME UP TO THE COCKPIT AND ASKED FLT ATTENDANT #1 WHY SHE FELT IT WAS NECESSARY TO CALL US AT THIS CRITICAL TIME, AND ASKED HER IF SHE WAS AWARE OF THE STERILE PERIOD. HER ANSWER WAS THAT THIS IS WHAT SHE HAD BEEN TAUGHT IN TRAINING. I EXPLAINED HOW DANGEROUS IT WAS TO CALL DURING THIS TIME AND ESPECIALLY AT SNA WITH THE BAD WX CONDITIONS, AND THAT THIS COULD HAVE CAUSED AN ACCIDENT. FLT ATTENDANT #1 SAID SHE THOUGHT THIS WAS SOMETHING THAT COULD NOT WAIT UNTIL WE WERE ABOVE 10000 FT. I EXPLAINED THAT HAD SHE DONE THIS JUST PRIOR TO TKOF, WE COULD HAVE ABORTED AND WHO KNOWS WHAT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED. HER ANSWER WAS THE SAME. SHE THOUGHT WE HAD TO KNOW NO MATTER WHAT PHASE OF FLT WE WERE IN. IN MY OPINION, IT IS VERY DANGEROUS TO TRAIN FLT ATTENDANTS THIS WAY.

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.