<< >> NASA ASRS Report 605253, January 2004

An air carrier flight attendant in charge spotted an inebriated first class passenger and allowed her to board anyway at bos.

Attributes
ACN	605253
Time
Date	200401
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : bos.airport
State Reference	MA
Altitude	agl single value : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Airbus Industrie Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	ground : parked ground : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight attendant : on duty oversight : flight attendant in charge
Experience	flight attendant time airline total : 15 flight attendant time total : 15 flight attendant time type : 80
ASRS Report	605253
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far non adherence : company policies non adherence : published procedure
Independent Detector	other other : 1
Resolutory Action	other
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Passenger Human Performance Company
Primary Problem	Passenger Human Performance

Narrative:

During boarding, it become evident that a female passenger with a boarding pass for a seat in first class may have been intoxicated. Flight attendant #4 explained to her that she would not be served any more alcohol during flight. She agreed. During taxi, the woman indicated she was going to vomit. All crew members decided to return to gate in order to remove the woman. We should not have given the woman the benefit of the doubt of behaving during the flight. We should have removed her during boarding to avoid the interruption of flight.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: AN ACR FLT ATTENDANT IN CHARGE SPOTTED AN INEBRIATED FIRST CLASS PAX AND ALLOWED HER TO BOARD ANYWAY AT BOS.

Narrative: DURING BOARDING, IT BECOME EVIDENT THAT A FEMALE PAX WITH A BOARDING PASS FOR A SEAT IN FIRST CLASS MAY HAVE BEEN INTOXICATED. FLT ATTENDANT #4 EXPLAINED TO HER THAT SHE WOULD NOT BE SERVED ANY MORE ALCOHOL DURING FLT. SHE AGREED. DURING TAXI, THE WOMAN INDICATED SHE WAS GOING TO VOMIT. ALL CREW MEMBERS DECIDED TO RETURN TO GATE IN ORDER TO REMOVE THE WOMAN. WE SHOULD NOT HAVE GIVEN THE WOMAN THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT OF BEHAVING DURING THE FLT. WE SHOULD HAVE REMOVED HER DURING BOARDING TO AVOID THE INTERRUPTION OF 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.