Flight attendant reported sitting in a passenger seat and checking the seat belt; attendant noticed ...

Narrative:

With the current adjusted procedure for flight attendants to sit in cabin seats for takeoff and landing; as 'X' I was occupying seat xd. Shortly after takeoff I realized my seatbelt was twisted and upon closer inspection I noticed that the safety pins were missing at all 4 attachment points. I notified the 'Y' and she assisted me in doing a spot check of the cabin; randomly checking between 30-40 seats. Not a single one had the safety pins installed on either of the 2 attachment points. I notified the other fas and the flight deck. Many fas wouldn't even know to check for this; I just so happened to have watched tech ops replace a seatbelt and saw the safety pin. It is alarming that an entire aircraft could be dispatched with what seems to be 100 non-compliance on this issue...it makes me question what else it not installed properly.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Flight Attendant reported sitting in a passenger seat and checking the seat belt; Attendant noticed the safety pins were missing. She and another Flight Attendant checked other seats to see if they also had safety pin which they did not.

Narrative: With the current adjusted procedure for flight attendants to sit in cabin seats for takeoff and landing; as 'X' I was occupying seat XD. Shortly after takeoff I realized my seatbelt was twisted and upon closer inspection I noticed that the safety pins were missing at all 4 attachment points. I notified the 'Y' and she assisted me in doing a spot check of the cabin; randomly checking between 30-40 seats. Not a single one had the safety pins installed on either of the 2 attachment points. I notified the other FAs and the Flight Deck. Many FAs wouldn't even know to check for this; I just so happened to have watched Tech Ops replace a seatbelt and saw the safety pin. It is alarming that an entire aircraft could be dispatched with what seems to be 100 NON-compliance on this issue...it makes me question what else it not installed properly.

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	1740934
Time
Date	202004
Environment
Light	Daylight
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737-800
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Climb
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Seatbelt
Person 1
Function	Flight Attendant (On Duty)
Qualification	Flight Attendant Current
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe Deviation - Procedural Maintenance Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

Flight attendant reported sitting in a passenger seat and checking the seat belt; attendant noticed the safety pins were missing. She and another flight attendant checked other seats to see if they also had safety pin which they did not.