Flight attendant questions the maintenance deferral of two flight attendant seats to be replaced by ...

Attributes
ACN	861980
Time
Date	200911
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	A320
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Cabin Crew Seat
Person 1
Function	Flight Attendant (On Duty)
Qualification	Flight Attendant Current
Events
Anomaly	Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe

Narrative:

Flight attendants did preflight checks. Manifest indicated aft jumpseat was inoperative and was taped up. Customer service assigned passenger seats 24c and 24d for flight attendants working 2L and 2R. Flight attendants informed captain and maintenance that as per our flight attendant manual that this was an nogo item. Maintenance and captain maintained that this was a deferrable item. So flight attendants [were put] under pressure and flew the flight as scheduled.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: Flight Attendant questions the maintenance deferral of two Flight Attendant seats to be replaced by the use of passenger seats 24C and 24D.

Narrative: Flight Attendants did preflight checks. Manifest indicated aft jumpseat was INOP and was taped up. Customer Service assigned passenger seats 24c and 24d for Flight Attendants working 2L and 2R. Flight Attendants informed Captain and Maintenance that as per our Flight Attendant Manual that this was an NOGO item. Maintenance and Captain maintained that this was a deferrable item. So Flight Attendants [were put] under pressure and flew the flight as scheduled.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 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.

Flight attendant questions the maintenance deferral of two flight attendant seats to be replaced by the use of passenger seats 24C and 24D.