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Flight attendant reported changing seats during takeoff and landing in order to stay a safe distance from a passenger who appeared ill.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1754699 |
| Time | |
| Date | 202008 |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Taxi |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Flight Attendant (On Duty) |
| Qualification | Flight Attendant Current |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Illness |
Narrative:
I was flying C [position] and taking off in [seat] X4. The lady in Y4; who was a through passenger; had started coughing and sniffling profusely after pushback and during the safety demo. I didn't feel comfortable moving her or the passenger in X3 as they were both wheelchair passengers and we had begun surface movement. In these heightened times of covid; I did not feel comfortable sitting directly in front of her; nor rejoining the a [flight attendant] in the jumpseat for takeoff and landing. I chose to protect myself and take off in X6 for this flight only; knowing they were deplaning in ZZZ1.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: Flight Attendant reported changing seats during takeoff and landing in order to stay a safe distance from a passenger who appeared ill.
Narrative: I was flying C [position] and taking off in [seat] X4. The lady in Y4; who was a through passenger; had started coughing and sniffling profusely after pushback and during the safety demo. I didn't feel comfortable moving her or the passenger in X3 as they were both wheelchair passengers and we had begun surface movement. In these heightened times of COVID; I did not feel comfortable sitting directly in front of her; nor rejoining the A [Flight Attendant] in the jumpseat for takeoff and landing. I chose to protect myself and take off in X6 for this flight only; knowing they were deplaning in ZZZ1.
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.