B777-200 flight attendant reports a passenger with diminished mental ability was smoking in her seat...

Attributes
ACN	539248
Time
Date	200202
Day	Sat
Local Time Of Day	1201 To 1800
Place
Locale Reference	atc facility : zzzz.artcc
State Reference	FO
Environment
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Controlling Facilities	artcc : zzzz.artcc
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	B777 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
Experience	flight attendant time airline total : 16 flight attendant time total : 16 flight attendant time type : 80
ASRS Report	539248
Person 2
Function	observation : passenger
Events
Anomaly	cabin event : passenger misconduct cabin event : passenger illness non adherence : published procedure non adherence : far non adherence : company policies
Independent Detector	other flight crewa
Resolutory Action	none taken : anomaly accepted
Supplementary
Problem Areas	Company Passenger Human Performance
Primary Problem	Passenger Human Performance

Narrative:

Passenger was caught 3 times smoking in her seat. Passenger suffered from alzheimer's.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: B777-200 FLT ATTENDANT RPTS A PAX WITH DIMINISHED MENTAL ABILITY WAS SMOKING IN HER SEAT.

Narrative: PAX WAS CAUGHT 3 TIMES SMOKING IN HER SEAT. PAX SUFFERED FROM ALZHEIMER'S.

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.