Flight attendant reported that the captain did not notify the cabin crew before takeoff; resulting i...

Narrative:

I was finishing up securing the galley. I did hear a chime go off. I never heard 'flight attendants prepare for departure' myself; the number one and a cabin jumpseat rider were all standing up when the plane started taking off. The carts were not secure! All 3 of us stood during takeoff. The number one and myself had to hold on to carts so they wouldn't roll. Bottom line is the captain never said 'prepare for departure.'captain must say prepare for departure...if he doesn't we might think that chime was just a call light or something of that nature.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Flight attendant reported that the Captain did not notify the cabin crew before takeoff; resulting in a departure with flight attendants standing in the galley.

Narrative: I was finishing up securing the galley. I did hear a chime go off. I never heard 'flight attendants prepare for departure' myself; the number one and a cabin jumpseat rider were all standing up when the plane started taking off. The carts were not secure! All 3 of us stood during takeoff. The number one and myself had to hold on to carts so they wouldn't roll. Bottom line is the Captain never said 'prepare for departure.'Captain must say prepare for departure...if he doesn't we might think that chime was just a call light or something of that nature.

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.

Attributes
ACN	1687718
Time
Date	201909
Local Time Of Day	0601-1200
Place
Locale Reference	MIA.Airport
State Reference	FL
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B767-300 and 300 ER
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Takeoff
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Function	Flight Attendant (On Duty)
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural FAR Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Other / Unknown

Flight attendant reported that the captain did not notify the cabin crew before takeoff; resulting in a departure with flight attendants standing in the galley.