Narrative:

I complied with a direct order from crew scheduling supervisor who told me to re-board an airplane and help to board passengers for a flight I was not legal to work or fly. Because he wanted the flight to get out as soon as possible. I complied with the direct order against my better judgement and against my will since I could be fired for not following his order and I need this job and I cannot live without this job. I had no choice honestly. Now I find out that this action was in conflict with tsa policies and procedures as I was boarding passengers for a flight I had no intention of working and everyone including the company knew it. Furthermore our names were never checked off of a list for flight attendants assigned to be working this flight. That is the tsa procedure we are supposed to follow before each flight and only for flights we are working. Supervisor's reason for breaking the rule was he wanted to get the flight out as fast as possible. Well you don't put the cart before the horse and rush things as safety has to remain our first priority at all times and his coercion and actions made me violate this rule. I don't feel good about this; I am concerned about the safety implications and I was not comfortable with doing something against my will that was not right. Safety and tsa rules were completely ignored and disregarded by the crew schedulers all in the name of getting the flight out. This is not safe and I feel bad for being forced to break rules.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: After a mechanical delay Flight Attendant crew runs out of duty time but is instructed to board aircraft so that flight can depart immediately when new cabin crew arrives.

Narrative: I complied with a Direct Order from Crew Scheduling Supervisor who told me to re-board an airplane and help to board passengers for a flight I was not legal to work or fly. Because he wanted the flight to get out as soon as possible. I complied with the Direct Order against my better judgement and against my will since I could be fired for not following his Order and I need this job and I cannot live without this job. I had no choice honestly. Now I find out that this action was in conflict with TSA policies and procedures as I was boarding passengers for a flight I had no intention of working and everyone including the Company knew it. Furthermore our names were never checked off of a list for flight attendants assigned to be working this flight. That is the TSA procedure we are supposed to follow before each flight and only for flights we are working. Supervisor's reason for breaking the rule was he wanted to get the flight out as fast as possible. Well You don't put the cart before the horse and rush things as safety has to remain our first priority at all times and his coercion and actions made me violate this rule. I don't feel good about this; I am concerned about the Safety implications and I was not comfortable with doing something against my will that was not right. Safety and TSA rules were completely ignored and disregarded by the crew schedulers all in the name of getting the flight out. This is not safe and I feel bad for being forced to break rules.

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.