<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1206549, September 2014

B737 flight attendant reports passengers boarding before she was ready and without any communication from the gate agent or operations.

Attributes
ACN	1206549
Time
Date	201409
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737-700
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Person 1
Function	Flight Attendant (On Duty)
Qualification	Flight Attendant Current
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Narrative:

I was placing my luggage in the overhead bin; turned around and saw passengers boarding the aircraft. I was not notified boarding had begun; nor had ops checked to make sure we were ready. Ops should always check with the crew to ensure they are ready before boarding.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B737 Flight Attendant reports passengers boarding before she was ready and without any communication from the gate agent or operations.

Narrative: I was placing my luggage in the overhead bin; turned around and saw passengers boarding the aircraft. I was not notified boarding had begun; nor had ops checked to make sure we were ready. Ops should always check with the crew to ensure they are ready before boarding.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site 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.