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A flight attendant reported an unsafe condition exists when all flight attendants congregate at the front of the airplane during taxi for takeoff leaving the aft door exits without a trained crewmember in the event of an emergency evacuation.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 920064 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201011 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Flight Attendant (On Duty) |
| Qualification | Flight Attendant Current |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | No Specific Anomaly Occurred All Types |
Narrative:
This happens on almost every flight and is a very big safety concern. Following the demo; while taxiing; all flight attendants are near the forward galley. If an emergency evacuation were needed at that time; no one would be able to get to the aft galley where the doors have already been armed. Please; please; please do whatever is necessary to get this information out to all flight attendants. A suggestion would be to require the third flight attendant to not be forward of exit rows at any time when aft doors are armed.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A Flight Attendant reported an unsafe condition exists when all flight attendants congregate at the front of the airplane during taxi for takeoff leaving the aft door exits without a trained crewmember in the event of an emergency evacuation.
Narrative: This happens on almost every flight and is a very big safety concern. Following the demo; while taxiing; all flight attendants are near the forward galley. If an emergency evacuation were needed at that time; no one would be able to get to the aft galley where the doors have already been armed. Please; please; please do whatever is necessary to get this information out to all flight attendants. A suggestion would be to require the third Flight Attendant to not be forward of exit rows at any time when aft doors are armed.
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.