Narrative:

The seat belt sign remained on for more of the flight; as we were experiencing on and off light chop throughout the flight. I could feel that we had started our descent. I had begun normal landing duties (tidying up the galley and general duties). I did hear the slats come down; however I just thought we were trying to slow down as little. Next thing I hear is the gear come down. I had been trying to look out and see how high we were; however I was unable to due to the visibility outside. As soon as I heard the gear drop I called the flight deck and advised them that the cabin was no where near secure for landing; as no information was given to the flight attendants. Also once I called the flight deck; then did the sterile light come on. I advised them; we had kids standing up; bags out; people out of their seatbelts; and again that the cabin was not secure. I was asked by the flight deck if we needed to go around; I stated 'yes'. I was then asked; can you just sit down for landing. I said ummmmm yup and hung up the phone! I made a PA; flight attendant be seated for landing. I secured the galley as fast as I could. And sat in my jump seat; as did the B flight attendant. No final descent announcement was given at all; as there was just not time. We landed and taxied to the gate with no incident. After landing; the captain apologized to me many times. He stated that they were extremely busy with weather and trying to figure out if we were going to divert to our [alternate]. At the very last minute; the weather improved and they shot the approach and forgot all about us in the back.flight deck does get busy at times; however they cannot lose sight of what is going on in the back of the aircraft. We should have gone around and made sure our passengers were safe and secure; even if that meant we had to divert to our [alternate] if the condition had deteriorated.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: An ERJ-175 Flight Attendant reported they landed before the cabin was safe and ready because the flight crew rushed due to weather concerns.

Narrative: The seat belt sign remained on for more of the flight; as we were experiencing on and off light chop throughout the flight. I could feel that we had started our descent. I had begun normal landing duties (tidying up the galley and general duties). I did hear the slats come down; however I just thought we were trying to slow down as little. Next thing I hear is the gear come down. I had been trying to look out and see how high we were; however I was unable to due to the visibility outside. As soon as I heard the gear drop I called the flight deck and advised them that the cabin was NO WHERE near secure for landing; as no information was given to the flight attendants. Also once I called the flight deck; then did the sterile light come on. I advised them; we had kids standing up; bags out; people out of their seatbelts; and again that the cabin was not secure. I was asked by the flight deck if we needed to go around; I stated 'YES'. I was then asked; can you just sit down for landing. I said UMMMMM yup and hung up the phone! I made a PA; Flight attendant be seated for landing. I secured the galley as fast as I could. And sat in my jump seat; as did the B Flight Attendant. No final descent announcement was given at all; as there was just not time. We landed and taxied to the gate with no incident. After landing; the Captain apologized to me many times. He stated that they were extremely busy with weather and trying to figure out if we were going to divert to our [alternate]. At the very last minute; the weather improved and they shot the approach and forgot all about us in the back.Flight deck does get busy at times; however they cannot lose sight of what is going on in the back of the aircraft. We should have gone around and made sure our passengers were safe and secure; even if that meant we had to divert to our [alternate] if the condition had deteriorated.

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.