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After what he describes as an abrasive yet; ultimately; innocuous exchange with a flight attendant regarding a misunderstanding about storage on a long range flight; a B777-200 first officer felt threatened by flight attendant comments about their control of his in flight meals. He; therefore chose not to eat a meal on the over thirteen hour flight.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 854076 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200909 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1801-2400 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | FO |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | IMC |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | B777-200 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Pilot Not Flying Relief Pilot |
| Experience | Flight Crew Last 90 Days 200 Flight Crew Total 16900 Flight Crew Type 1702 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
I was one of the first officers on an international flight to ZZZ. The aircraft was a non-bunk airplane and has two first class seats for pilot rest and coach seats for flight attendant rest. After stowing my bags above the flight crew rest seats I proceeded to the cockpit and the captain handed me the window shades for the cockpit and told me to find a place to store them as he did not have enough room in the closet in the cockpit. I went to the pilot designated storage areas above the flight crew rest seats and did not find any room to store the shades. I then attempted to return to the cockpit and found the galley flight attendant trying to store her bags in the closet aft of the cockpit. I was waiting for her to finish so I could return to the cockpit and put the window shades under the second observers seat. While waiting the galley flight attendant looked up and said; 'those won't fit in my closet'; referring to the shades. I said; 'I don't want to put them in there'. Still waiting she said; 'you didn't hear me; those won't fit in my closet!' I said; 'again; I don't want to put them in your closet.' she finally was finished and I secured the shades in the cockpit. The other relief pilot asked what happened because the galley flight attendant said; 'I hope he doesn't plan on eating tonight.' this is a 13+ hour flight and I wanted to try and address the issue with the galley flight attendant. As I went to the galley to speak with her another flight attendant said; 'you better not push her buttons; she controls your food!' having been told twice by both flight attendants working in first class I realized they were serious about tampering with my food. This is why I chose to not eat during this 13+ hour flight.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: After what he describes as an abrasive yet; ultimately; innocuous exchange with a flight attendant regarding a misunderstanding about storage on a long range flight; a B777-200 First Officer felt threatened by flight attendant comments about their control of his in flight meals. He; therefore chose not to eat a meal on the over thirteen hour flight.
Narrative: I was one of the First Officers on an international flight to ZZZ. The aircraft was a non-bunk airplane and has two first class seats for pilot rest and coach seats for flight attendant rest. After stowing my bags above the flight crew rest seats I proceeded to the cockpit and the Captain handed me the window shades for the cockpit and told me to find a place to store them as he did not have enough room in the closet in the cockpit. I went to the pilot designated storage areas above the flight crew rest seats and did not find any room to store the shades. I then attempted to return to the cockpit and found the galley Flight Attendant trying to store her bags in the closet aft of the cockpit. I was waiting for her to finish so I could return to the cockpit and put the window shades under the second observers seat. While waiting the galley Flight Attendant looked up and said; 'those won't fit in my closet'; referring to the shades. I said; 'I don't want to put them in there'. Still waiting she said; 'You didn't hear me; those won't fit in my closet!' I said; 'Again; I don't want to put them in YOUR closet.' She finally was finished and I secured the shades in the cockpit. The other relief pilot asked what happened because the galley Flight Attendant said; 'I hope he doesn't plan on eating tonight.' This is a 13+ hour flight and I wanted to try and address the issue with the galley Flight Attendant. As I went to the galley to speak with her another Flight Attendant said; 'You better not push her buttons; she controls your food!' Having been told twice by both Flight Attendants working in First Class I realized they were serious about tampering with my food. This is why I chose to not eat during this 13+ hour flight.
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.