<< >> NASA ASRS Report 1316865, November 2015

Two B787 flight attendants reported a clear air turbulence encounter during cruise. The flight attendants noted there are not enough aft cabin jump seats to go around in the event of turbulence.

Attributes
ACN	1316865
Time
Date	201511
Local Time Of Day	1201-1800
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B787 Dreamliner Undifferentiated or Other Model
Flight Phase	Cruise
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Flight Attendant (On Duty)
Qualification	Flight Attendant Current
Experience	Flight Attendant Airline Total 30 Flight Attendant Number Of Acft Qualified On 7 Flight Attendant Total 30 Flight Attendant Type 40
Person 2
Function	Flight Attendant (On Duty)
Qualification	Flight Attendant Current
Experience	Flight Attendant Airline Total 35 Flight Attendant Number Of Acft Qualified On 5 Flight Attendant Total 35 Flight Attendant Type 100
Events
Anomaly	Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Illness Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence

Narrative:

Clear air turbulence that lasted at least 15-20 minutes. The problem with the 787 is that there are only three jumpseats in the back of the aircraft. There were 5 flight attendants in the galley when we hit turbulence and not enough jumpseats. We immediately sat on the floor. Where I was sitting on the floor there wasn't even anything that I could hold onto. I feel the airlines should either install more jumpseats or block passenger seats near the galley so that there is somewhere to sit when turbulence occurs.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Two B787 flight attendants reported a clear air turbulence encounter during cruise. The flight attendants noted there are not enough aft cabin jump seats to go around in the event of turbulence.

Narrative: Clear air turbulence that lasted at least 15-20 minutes. The problem with the 787 is that there are only three jumpseats in the back of the aircraft. There were 5 Flight Attendants in the galley when we hit turbulence and not enough jumpseats. We immediately sat on the floor. Where I was sitting on the floor there wasn't even anything that I could hold onto. I feel the airlines should either install more jumpseats or block passenger seats near the galley so that there is somewhere to sit when turbulence occurs.

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.