Narrative:

This time all 4 doors had low pressure. This incident is problematic because I have already sent 3 other reports about door pressure gauges being low. While it is no longer on flight attendant's checklist; I do it on habit. However; since I have encountered many doors with this problem and have written many reports about door pressure gauges below acceptable pressure I will continue to check until further intervention by maintenance is taken and all doors are being properly verified. Unfortunately after speaking with a mechanic today; I was told that the company has changed the length of service on these aircrafts (from 48 hours to 70 hours) and that these doors often enough; leak pressure. However; since the company may be banking on probabilities here and mechanics are aware of this issue; I will continue to check every door on these aircraft until policies are changed. While it is company policy to extend service time on these aircrafts (per mechanic); it is my responsibility to make sure that myself; my passengers and crew are safe whenever I fly airbus aircraft. Although these policies may make sense to the chief maintenance person; it only tells me that this department is using us as probabilities whenever we fly these aircrafts with extended service time. Because of my assumption here and until it is proven otherwise; I will continue to inspect these doors; until such time I feel that company policies are not being used as probabilities.lastly; I have communicated with my carrier numerous times on this issue and now the problem is becoming problematic; that I found all 4 doors with low pressure gauge. I will forward an email to the chief maintenance and to our ceo on this issue with hopes that a further investigation is taken and a reasonable and safe solution is found on this issue.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An A320 Flight Attendant reported finding; during preflight; numerous passenger door emergency operation cylinders with low pressure showing on the door pressure gauges. Door emergency pressure gauge checks have been removed from their cabin safety checklists.

Narrative: This time all 4 doors had low pressure. This incident is problematic because I have already sent 3 other reports about door pressure gauges being low. While it is no longer on flight attendant's checklist; I do it on habit. However; since I have encountered many doors with this problem and have written many reports about door pressure gauges below acceptable pressure I will continue to check until further intervention by Maintenance is taken and all doors are being properly verified. Unfortunately after speaking with a Mechanic today; I was told that the company has changed the length of service on these aircrafts (from 48 hours to 70 hours) and that these doors often enough; leak pressure. However; since the company may be banking on probabilities here and Mechanics are aware of this issue; I will continue to check every door on these aircraft until policies are changed. While it is company policy to extend service time on these aircrafts (per Mechanic); it is my responsibility to make sure that myself; my passengers and crew are safe whenever I fly Airbus aircraft. Although these policies may make sense to the Chief Maintenance person; it only tells me that this department is using us as probabilities whenever we fly these aircrafts with extended service time. Because of my assumption here and until it is proven otherwise; I will continue to inspect these doors; until such time I feel that company policies are not being used as probabilities.Lastly; I have communicated with my carrier numerous times on this issue and now the problem is becoming problematic; that I found all 4 doors with low pressure gauge. I will forward an email to the Chief Maintenance and to our CEO on this issue with hopes that a further investigation is taken and a reasonable and SAFE solution is found on this issue.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.