Narrative:

Flight jul/xx/93, last leg of pairing, a flight attendant sought to get another flight attendant to work her last leg. It apparently failed on her first attempt. Just prior to door closing, the first flight attendant came into the cockpit and said one of the flight attendant's had traded with another flight attendant who was commuting to iah and that she was retired, therefore not current and qualified. It was later discovered she never worked for air carrier, but for another carrier. She indicated the legal flight attendant approached her to work the last leg and gave her a uniform. We did not close and push until a legal flight attendant was found. The flight was considerably late.

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Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: MLG ACR ACFT DELAYED AT GATE FOR A QUALIFIED FLT ATTENDANT.

Narrative: FLT JUL/XX/93, LAST LEG OF PAIRING, A FLT ATTENDANT SOUGHT TO GET ANOTHER FLT ATTENDANT TO WORK HER LAST LEG. IT APPARENTLY FAILED ON HER FIRST ATTEMPT. JUST PRIOR TO DOOR CLOSING, THE FIRST FLT ATTENDANT CAME INTO THE COCKPIT AND SAID ONE OF THE FLT ATTENDANT'S HAD TRADED WITH ANOTHER FLT ATTENDANT WHO WAS COMMUTING TO IAH AND THAT SHE WAS RETIRED, THEREFORE NOT CURRENT AND QUALIFIED. IT WAS LATER DISCOVERED SHE NEVER WORKED FOR ACR, BUT FOR ANOTHER CARRIER. SHE INDICATED THE LEGAL FLT ATTENDANT APCHED HER TO WORK THE LAST LEG AND GAVE HER A UNIFORM. WE DID NOT CLOSE AND PUSH UNTIL A LEGAL FLT ATTENDANT WAS FOUND. THE FLT WAS CONSIDERABLY LATE.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.