B787 flight attendant reported there are not enough jump seats in the aft cabin during turbulence ev...

Attributes
ACN	1313330
Time
Date	201511
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B787 Dreamliner Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Flight Attendant (On Duty)
Qualification	Flight Attendant Current
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Other / Unknown Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence

Narrative:

After the completion of prearrival service all 6 fas were in the back galley securing carts and service items when we hit turbulence. Since there are only three jumpseats in the back of the airplane; and there were 6 fas working some of us had to sit on the floor; with nothing to hold on to.last row of seats should always be blocked for flight attendant use; in the event of turbulence; if more jumpseats are not added.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B787 Flight Attendant reported there are not enough jump seats in the aft cabin during turbulence events.

Narrative: After the completion of prearrival service all 6 FAs were in the back galley securing carts and service items when we hit turbulence. Since there are only three jumpseats in the back of the airplane; and there were 6 FAs working some of us had to sit on the floor; with nothing to hold on to.Last row of seats should always be blocked for FA use; in the event of turbulence; if more jumpseats are not added.

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.

B787 flight attendant reported there are not enough jump seats in the aft cabin during turbulence events.