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Passenger report form filled out after passenger debriefed about not being allowed to smoke in the lavatory in-flight.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 582656 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200305 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801 To 2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | atc facility : zme.artcc |
| State Reference | TN |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Controlling Facilities | artcc : zme.artcc |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | MD-80 Series (DC-9-80) 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 |
| Experience | flight attendant time airline total : 17 flight attendant time total : 17 flight attendant time type : 100 |
| ASRS Report | 582656 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight attendant : on duty oversight : flight attendant in charge |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : far non adherence : company policies non adherence : published procedure |
| Independent Detector | other other : cab 1 |
| Resolutory Action | other |
| Consequence | other |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Flight Crew Human Performance Cabin Crew Human Performance Passenger Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Passenger Human Performance |
Narrative:
About an hour into our flight, the #1 flight attendant came to the back to retrieve an item. Upon her return to first class, the lavatory up there smelled like cigarette smoke. I went up front to confirm the smell and check for remnants of the cigarette. A passenger from coach with a cigarette package in his shirt pocket had exited the lavatory and returned to his seat. I approached him and asked him if he had smoked in the lavatory and he said yes. I advised him that it was against the law and would need identify for the report. He handed me an identify card, not a driver's license. We informed the cockpit, filled out passenger misconduct form and gave passenger his part. Cockpit was uninterested in having auths meet the flight and passenger was so unconcerned that he slept the rest of the way. Passenger seem cavalier about smoking as nothing seems to happen to them other than a warning that we hand them. It should be automatic that auths meet the flight.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: PAX RPT FORM FILLED OUT AFTER PAX DEBRIEFED ABOUT NOT BEING ALLOWED TO SMOKE IN THE LAVATORY INFLT.
Narrative: ABOUT AN HR INTO OUR FLT, THE #1 FLT ATTENDANT CAME TO THE BACK TO RETRIEVE AN ITEM. UPON HER RETURN TO FIRST CLASS, THE LAVATORY UP THERE SMELLED LIKE CIGARETTE SMOKE. I WENT UP FRONT TO CONFIRM THE SMELL AND CHK FOR REMNANTS OF THE CIGARETTE. A PAX FROM COACH WITH A CIGARETTE PACKAGE IN HIS SHIRT POCKET HAD EXITED THE LAVATORY AND RETURNED TO HIS SEAT. I APCHED HIM AND ASKED HIM IF HE HAD SMOKED IN THE LAVATORY AND HE SAID YES. I ADVISED HIM THAT IT WAS AGAINST THE LAW AND WOULD NEED IDENT FOR THE RPT. HE HANDED ME AN IDENT CARD, NOT A DRIVER'S LICENSE. WE INFORMED THE COCKPIT, FILLED OUT PAX MISCONDUCT FORM AND GAVE PAX HIS PART. COCKPIT WAS UNINTERESTED IN HAVING AUTHS MEET THE FLT AND PAX WAS SO UNCONCERNED THAT HE SLEPT THE REST OF THE WAY. PAX SEEM CAVALIER ABOUT SMOKING AS NOTHING SEEMS TO HAPPEN TO THEM OTHER THAN A WARNING THAT WE HAND THEM. IT SHOULD BE AUTOMATIC THAT AUTHS MEET THE FLT.
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.