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Flight attendant laments the arming and disarming of entry doors by flight attendants that are not part of the working crew; in order to be helpful. He believes this practice may have been encouraged by the other merger partner.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1285223 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201508 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Flight Attendant (On Duty) |
| Qualification | Flight Attendant Current |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
The reason for this report is to highlight my concern about personnel who are not active working crew members on a flight (jumpseater's); who take it upon themselves to arm and disarm aircraft doors. This is the second time I have personally had this situation happen; I have also witnessed it happening to fellow working crew members.my intent in writing this letter is to bring to the attention of the company and the FAA; an action that should be discouraged and discontinued due to its ability to impact the safety and security of an armed aircraft door. I believe that there still remains an ingrained cultural difference between the training of premerger flight attendants; in the proper procedure for aircraft door arming. I think a note or bulletin needs to be sent out to each and every flight attendant explaining proper procedures so that complacency does not breed an opportunity for a fatal outcome.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Flight Attendant laments the arming and disarming of entry doors by flight attendants that are not part of the working crew; in order to be helpful. He believes this practice may have been encouraged by the other merger partner.
Narrative: The reason for this report is to highlight my concern about personnel who are not active working crew members on a flight (Jumpseater's); who take it upon themselves to arm and disarm aircraft doors. This is the second time I have personally had this situation happen; I have also witnessed it happening to fellow working crew members.My intent in writing this letter is to bring to the attention of the company and the FAA; an action that should be discouraged and discontinued due to its ability to impact the safety and security of an armed aircraft door. I believe that there still remains an ingrained cultural difference between the training of premerger flight attendants; in the proper procedure for aircraft door arming. I think a note or bulletin needs to be sent out to each and every flight attendant explaining proper procedures so that complacency does not breed an opportunity for a fatal outcome.
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.