<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1311666, November 2015

A B737-800 departed with two seats too few for passengers; crew; two trainee flight attendants and a flight attendant jump seater. Gate agents failed to account for the trainees and jump seater having given their seats to passengers.

Attributes
ACN	1311666
Time
Date	201511
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737-800
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked Takeoff Cruise
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Pilot Flying Captain
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Person 2
Function	Pilot Not Flying First Officer
Qualification	Flight Crew Air Transport Pilot (ATP)
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Weight And Balance Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Other / Unknown

Narrative:

Departed gate with full aircraft. Told all jumpseaters accommodated. Video inop so manual safety demo required. Flight attendants (flight attendant) allowed flight attendant trainees to assist demo. Short taxi to runway xy. Prepared and chimed fas and was cleared for takeoff. Flight attendant chimed us as we started our takeoff roll. I elected to continue rather than abort. After cleanup we contacted #1 and learned that all seats and cabin jumpseats were full and 1 flight attendant did not have a seat. I contacted dispatch and ops for guidance. Under agreement with dispatch and the duty chief pilot we continued to filed destination with a qualified non-working flight attendant.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A B737-800 departed with two seats too few for passengers; crew; two trainee flight attendants and a Flight Attendant jump seater. Gate agents failed to account for the trainees and jump seater having given their seats to passengers.

Narrative: Departed gate with full aircraft. Told all jumpseaters accommodated. Video inop so manual safety demo required. Flight Attendants (FA) allowed FA trainees to assist demo. Short taxi to Runway XY. Prepared and chimed FAs and was cleared for takeoff. FA chimed us as we started our takeoff roll. I elected to continue rather than abort. After cleanup we contacted #1 and learned that all seats and cabin jumpseats were full and 1 FA did not have a seat. I contacted dispatch and ops for guidance. Under agreement with dispatch and the duty chief pilot we continued to filed destination with a qualified non-working FA.

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