Cabin attendant report, B757, las-dfw. Cabin attendant jumpseat seatbelt design is faulty, whole sea...

Attributes
ACN	491516
Time
Date	200011
Day	Tue
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : zfw.artcc
State Reference	TX
Environment
Weather Elements	Turbulence
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zfw.artcc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B757 Undifferentiated or Other Model
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	cruise : level
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight attendant : on duty
Qualification	flight attendant : currently qualified flight attendant aircraft qualified on : 7
Experience	flight attendant time airline total : 21 flight attendant time total : 21 flight attendant time type : 8
ASRS Report	491516
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight attendant : on duty
Qualification	flight attendant : currently qualified
Events
Anomaly	aircraft equipment problem : less severe cabin event other inflight encounter : turbulence inflight encounter : weather
Independent Detector	other other : cab #1
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Consequence	other
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Company Cabin Crew Human Performance Aircraft Weather
Primary Problem	Aircraft

Narrative:

We encountered heavy turbulence and could not situation in our jumpseats and buckle in the jumpseat buckles were retractable and locked as we pulled on them, because of the very rough turbulence retractable, the straps should not be used around waist if we had had a regular waist buckle, we could have entered the jumpseat with no problem we were sore after being thrown around 'like ragdolls', but would have been better off in the 30 seconds of turbulence with non-locking seatbelts at the jumpseat. We finally buckled in after 30 seconds. After the turbulence subsided, we checked all passengers several times and no one was injured... To our knowledge. Callback conversation with reporter revealed the following information: the reporter stated that some of the B757's don't have this type of seat belt, but all the jump seats in the back on this plane did. One flight attendant couldn't even get in the seat, because of flying around so much. Flight attendant was on the floor with the reporter's legs covering flight attendant, so flight attendant woudn't hit the ceiling... The reporter used to teach emergency procedures training, and flight attendant feels that just warning the trainees about this isn't good enough. This should be looked into by both boeing and the airline's management. The reporter has told the union safety committee about the bad design of this seatbelt and to supervisor.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CAB RPT, B757, LAS-DFW. CAB JUMPSEAT SEATBELT DESIGN IS FAULTY, WHOLE SEATBELT RETRACTABLE, IN TURB, COLDN'T GET SEATBELT ON, NEED NON-RETRACTABLE LAP BELT.

Narrative: WE ENCOUNTERED HEAVY TURB AND COULD NOT SIT IN OUR JUMPSEATS AND BUCKLE IN THE JUMPSEAT BUCKLES WERE RETRACTABLE AND LOCKED AS WE PULLED ON THEM, BECAUSE OF THE VERY ROUGH TURB RETRACTABLE, THE STRAPS SHOULD NOT BE USED AROUND WAIST IF WE HAD HAD A REGULAR WAIST BUCKLE, WE COULD HAVE ENTERED THE JUMPSEAT WITH NO PROB WE WERE SORE AFTER BEING THROWN AROUND 'LIKE RAGDOLLS', BUT WOULD HAVE BEEN BETTER OFF IN THE 30 SECONDS OF TURB WITH NON-LOCKING SEATBELTS AT THE JUMPSEAT. WE FINALLY BUCKLED IN AFTER 30 SECONDS. AFTER THE TURB SUBSIDED, WE CHKED ALL PAXS SEVERAL TIMES AND NO ONE WAS INJURED... TO OUR KNOWLEDGE. CALLBACK CONVERSATION WITH RPTR REVEALED THE FOLLOWING INFO: THE RPTR STATED THAT SOME OF THE B757'S DON'T HAVE THIS TYPE OF SEAT BELT, BUT ALL THE JUMP SEATS IN THE BACK ON THIS PLANE DID. ONE FA COULDN'T EVEN GET IN THE SEAT, BECAUSE OF FLYING AROUND SO MUCH. FA WAS ON THE FLOOR WITH THE RPTR'S LEGS COVERING FA, SO FA WOUDN'T HIT THE CEILING... THE RPTR USED TO TEACH EMER PROCS TRAINING, AND FA FEELS THAT JUST WARNING THE TRAINEES ABOUT THIS ISN'T GOOD ENOUGH. THIS SHOULD BE LOOKED INTO BY BOTH BOEING AND THE AIRLINE'S MGMNT. THE RPTR HAS TOLD THE UNION SAFETY COMMITTEE ABOUT THE BAD DESIGN OF THIS SEATBELT AND TO SUPVR.

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.

Cabin attendant report, B757, las-dfw. Cabin attendant jumpseat seatbelt design is faulty, whole seatbelt retractable, in turbulence, coldn't get seatbelt on, need non-retractable lap belt.