<< >> NASA ASRS Report 968915, September 2011

B777 flight attendants describe the circumstances that led up to a takeoff with no flight attendant occupying the 2L jumpseat. The 2R flight attendant had been alerted by passengers near the door and she armed the door and notified the purser.

Attributes
ACN	968915
Time
Date	201109
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B777-200
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Takeoff
Person 1
Function	Flight Attendant In Charge
Qualification	Flight Attendant Current
Person 2
Function	Flight Attendant (On Duty)
Qualification	Flight Attendant Current
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

[I] called for door check. All doors responded. After takeoff found out that no flight attendant was seated at 2L. The flight attendant working position 2 should have been seated at 2L. She had been in the wrong jumpseat for takeoff. She reviewed her manual during the flight and was seated in the correct jumpseat for landing.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B777 Flight Attendants describe the circumstances that led up to a takeoff with no Flight Attendant occupying the 2L jumpseat. The 2R Flight Attendant had been alerted by passengers near the door and she armed the door and notified the Purser.

Narrative: [I] called for door check. All doors responded. After takeoff found out that no flight attendant was seated at 2L. The flight attendant working position 2 should have been seated at 2L. She had been in the wrong jumpseat for takeoff. She reviewed her manual during the flight and was seated in the correct jumpseat for landing.

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.