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B737-400 non revenue flight attendant occupied the aircraft lavatory for takeoff and landing, after the gate agent gave her seat away. She was using the lavatory prior to departure.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 596583 |
| Time | |
| Date | 200310 |
| Day | Mon |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201 To 1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | airport : phl.airport |
| State Reference | PA |
| Altitude | agl single value : 0 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Dusk |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Operator | common carrier : air carrier |
| Make Model Name | B737-400 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | ground : parked |
| Flight Plan | IFR |
| Person 1 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : first officer |
| Qualification | pilot : multi engine pilot : instrument pilot : flight engineer pilot : commercial pilot : atp pilot : cfi |
| Experience | flight time last 90 days : 210 flight time total : 17500 flight time type : 400 |
| ASRS Report | 596583 |
| Person 2 | |
| Affiliation | company : air carrier |
| Function | flight crew : captain oversight : pic |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | non adherence : published procedure non adherence : company policies non adherence : far other anomaly other |
| Independent Detector | other other : 3.4 |
| Resolutory Action | none taken : detected after the fact |
| Supplementary | |
| Problem Areas | Cabin Crew Human Performance |
| Primary Problem | Cabin Crew Human Performance |
Narrative:
We departed bos with a full airplane, 144 passenger, and all 4 flight attendant jump seats occupied. This was our final leg of a 4 day trip. Upon arrival at the gate in phl, we had shut down the engines and were doing our parking checklist. The 'a' flight attendant entered the cockpit and told us she wanted to 'fess up.' she proceeded to explain that before departing bos, a non revenue flight attendant got up from her coach seat to use the bathroom. She returned to her eat to find it occupied by a revenue passenger. We had already shut the passenger boarding door, the 'a' flight attendant told her to 'ride in the bathroom for takeoff and landing.' the captain questioned her thinking. The 'a' flight attendant's response was 'I realize I made an error in judgement. I didn't want to spend the extra time taxiing back to the bos gate to drop her off. I didn't want to miss my connection home!' captain said she wanted to speak to the stow away, but she had already deplaned!
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: B737-400 NON REVENUE FLT ATTENDANT OCCUPIED THE ACFT LAVATORY FOR TKOF AND LNDG, AFTER THE GATE AGENT GAVE HER SEAT AWAY. SHE WAS USING THE LAVATORY PRIOR TO DEP.
Narrative: WE DEPARTED BOS WITH A FULL AIRPLANE, 144 PAX, AND ALL 4 FLT ATTENDANT JUMP SEATS OCCUPIED. THIS WAS OUR FINAL LEG OF A 4 DAY TRIP. UPON ARR AT THE GATE IN PHL, WE HAD SHUT DOWN THE ENGS AND WERE DOING OUR PARKING CHKLIST. THE 'A' FLT ATTENDANT ENTERED THE COCKPIT AND TOLD US SHE WANTED TO 'FESS UP.' SHE PROCEEDED TO EXPLAIN THAT BEFORE DEPARTING BOS, A NON REVENUE FLT ATTENDANT GOT UP FROM HER COACH SEAT TO USE THE BATHROOM. SHE RETURNED TO HER EAT TO FIND IT OCCUPIED BY A REVENUE PAX. WE HAD ALREADY SHUT THE PAX BOARDING DOOR, THE 'A' FLT ATTENDANT TOLD HER TO 'RIDE IN THE BATHROOM FOR TKOF AND LNDG.' THE CAPT QUESTIONED HER THINKING. THE 'A' FLT ATTENDANT'S RESPONSE WAS 'I REALIZE I MADE AN ERROR IN JUDGEMENT. I DIDN'T WANT TO SPEND THE EXTRA TIME TAXIING BACK TO THE BOS GATE TO DROP HER OFF. I DIDN'T WANT TO MISS MY CONNECTION HOME!' CAPT SAID SHE WANTED TO SPEAK TO THE STOW AWAY, BUT SHE HAD ALREADY DEPLANED!
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.