Pilottim747 From United States of America, joined Jul 2001, 1607 posts, RR: 5 Posted (7 years 8 months 2 weeks 1 day 4 hours ago) and read 2265 times:
I know that in the United States, the FAA regulations require a minimum of 1 flight attendant for every 50 passengers. In another thread a person said that in Australia, the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) requires 1 flight attendant for every 36 passengers.
So this has me wondering. What do other countries say is the minimum number of FAs required on each flight?
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Jdwfloyd From United States of America, joined Feb 2005, 837 posts, RR: 4 Reply 1, posted (7 years 8 months 2 weeks 1 day 4 hours ago) and read 2255 times:
19 and less=0
20-50=1
50-100=2
100-150=3
and so on
FlySSC From France, joined Aug 2003, 7313 posts, RR: 61 Reply 2, posted (7 years 8 months 2 weeks 1 day 4 hours ago) and read 2240 times:
Quoting Jdwfloyd (Reply 1): 19 and less=0
20-50=1
50-100=2
100-150=3
and so on
Right. but the number of seats on board an a/c is not the only factor :
The law requires also one F/A by pair of main doors; The most "restrictive" factor has to be applied :
ex : An A319LR equipped in a single 45 Business Class seats will require a minimum of 2 F/A, though there are less than 50 seats.
VHXLR8 From Australia, joined Feb 2005, 500 posts, RR: 3 Reply 3, posted (7 years 8 months 2 weeks 18 hours ago) and read 2101 times:
Quoting Pilottim747 (Thread starter): In another thread a person said that in Australia, the Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) requires 1 flight attendant for every 36 passengers.
This is true, plus there also needs to be 1 F/A per door
Pilottim747 From United States of America, joined Jul 2001, 1607 posts, RR: 5 Reply 4, posted (7 years 8 months 2 weeks 18 hours ago) and read 2090 times:
Quoting FlySSC (Reply 2): The law requires also one F/A by pair of main doors; The most "restrictive" factor has to be applied
Ah, I hadnt thought about an aircraft like the A319CJ. But it makes sense.
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Mandala499 From Indonesia, joined Aug 2001, 6180 posts, RR: 74 Reply 5, posted (7 years 8 months 2 weeks 18 hours ago) and read 2083 times:
You must have the F/A as per pax number above, and the 1 F/A per pair of doors. Emergency windows excepted. Plus, you must be able to demonstrate the the regulatory authorities that you can evacuate a full aircraft using that number of F/As using 50% of the available exits within *forgot how long*...
You can have 10F/As in a 732 but if they can't evacuate it in that period, then you need more J/K
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FlagshipAZ From United States of America, joined Jan 2001, 3419 posts, RR: 15 Reply 8, posted (7 years 8 months 2 weeks 7 hours ago) and read 1926 times:
Just to clarify something here regarding the US system of flight attendent ratio per passengers. It is one F/A per 50 seats, regardless if there is passengers sitting in those seats. If the aircraft has a seat 51, then 2 F/As are required.
JdwFloyd, if I can tweak your numbers a bit here, it should read like this.
0-19 = 0
20-50 = 1
51-100 = 2
101-150 = 3
151-200 = 4
201-250 = 5
You get the idea. So for example, a 763 with 216 seats installed still requires 5 F/As even if there is only 108 revenue passengers aboard. Regards.
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Orion737 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 9, posted (7 years 8 months 2 weeks 6 hours ago) and read 1919 times:
We have the ridiculous situation in the UK. BMI have to carry 2 flight attendants on a 49 seat ERJ145 yet only have to provide 3 on a full loaded 149 seat 733!!
N1120A From United States of America, joined Dec 2003, 25852 posts, RR: 79 Reply 10, posted (7 years 8 months 2 weeks 6 hours ago) and read 1898 times:
Quoting Mandala499 (Reply 5): that you can evacuate a full aircraft using that number of F/As using 50% of the available exits within *forgot how long*...
90 seconds
Quoting Orion737 (Reply 9): BMI have to carry 2 flight attendants on a 49 seat ERJ145
Why? Is there a rear main door? In the US, ERJ135/145 and CRJ200s run with 1 F/A
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Orion737 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 11, posted (7 years 8 months 2 weeks 6 hours ago) and read 1873 times:
I dont know why! It is the case though. Bet its killing BMI's pig that they have to carry 2 cabin attendants on the ERJ145. They have cut back the FAs to the bare minimum on other aircraft even though the staff have more work now to do with the time-consuming task of on-board sales.
FlySSC From France, joined Aug 2003, 7313 posts, RR: 61 Reply 12, posted (7 years 8 months 1 week 6 days 16 hours ago) and read 1760 times:
Quoting FlagshipAZ (Reply 8): It is one F/A per 50 seats, regardless if there is passengers sitting in those seats
Quoting FlagshipAZ (Reply 8): So for example, a 763 with 216 seats installed still requires 5 F/As even if there is only 108 revenue passengers aboard.
Actually, if a F/A is not available for any reason (strike, flu epidemic, whatever), an airline can limit the number of PAX on board according to the number of F/A available.
Example : Your airline is based at CDG and operates a 168 seats A320.
168 seats = 4 F/A.
Your plane is leaving CDG to MAD with 168 PAX and 4 F/A.
In MAD, during the 1 hour stopover, one of the F/A breaks his leg and is taken to the hospital.
Your plane will be able to return to CDG with only 3 F/A (the rule of 1 F/A for each pair of main door is respected) but with a maximum of 150 PAX on board.
Mandala499 From Indonesia, joined Aug 2001, 6180 posts, RR: 74 Reply 13, posted (7 years 8 months 1 week 6 days 16 hours ago) and read 1750 times:
With larger aircraft such as those with more than 2 pairs of entry doors/emergency exit DOORs... you can carry less FAs if you can effectively seal unused portions of the cabin from pax/crew use during the flight... However, I am not sure...
N1120... yes 90 secs
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FlySSC From France, joined Aug 2003, 7313 posts, RR: 61 Reply 14, posted (7 years 8 months 1 week 6 days 14 hours ago) and read 1714 times:
Quoting Mandala499 (Reply 13): With larger aircraft such as those with more than 2 pairs of entry doors/emergency exit DOORs... you can carry less FAs if you can effectively seal unused portions of the cabin from pax/crew use during the flight... However, I am not sure...
You are right.
You can operate a B747 with only 5 F/A (1 F/A for each pair of doors on the main deck) and a limitation of 250 PAX on the main deck . No F/A and No PAX at the upper deck.
You can even operate a B747-300/400 with only 1 F/A :
Less than 50 PAX, all seated at the upper deck. No PAX & No F/A on the main deck.
It happened once on AF :
In Sept.1993, when AF's B744 F-GITA ended its landing at PPT half in the lagoon ...
AF sent another B744 with a maintenance/engineer team to PPT. No one on the main deck. 28 Persons seating at the upper deck (Business Class) and 2 F/A. A good friend of mine was one of them.
Atco2b From United Kingdom, joined Mar 2005, 1114 posts, RR: 8 Reply 15, posted (7 years 8 months 1 week 6 days 14 hours ago) and read 1692 times:
In July when travelling with BA from LGW-MAN, our 734 had 17 passengers, and 5 cabin crew! I presume this is standard with BA, and also predict that the next sectors for the crew (MAN-LGW, LGW-EDI, EDI-LGW) needed the extra help
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Orion737 From , joined Dec 1969, posts, RR: Reply 16, posted (7 years 8 months 1 week 6 days 13 hours ago) and read 1670 times:
I feel sorry for the cabin staff of BMI who now with reduced numbers, have to provide a pay on-board service on full flights out of LHR - BRU, CDG etc. Those girls better get themselves some Lucozade and a pair of roller skates!
Pilottim747 From United States of America, joined Jul 2001, 1607 posts, RR: 5 Reply 17, posted (7 years 8 months 1 week 6 days 9 hours ago) and read 1593 times:
So it looks like most countries have the 1:50 minimum ratio. Are there other countries like Australia that have a stricter ratio?
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Mandala499 From Indonesia, joined Aug 2001, 6180 posts, RR: 74 Reply 18, posted (7 years 8 months 1 week 6 days 8 hours ago) and read 1567 times:
Here in Indonesia, a couple of airlines have gone to 3 F/As for 732s, and 4 on the MD82... AWAir goes for 3 F/As for 733s...
Garuda have used 5 F/As for all their 737 flights including -500s... however I think the -500 have 4 now... and GA-Citilink has 3 only...
So for a 1 hr flight, it's food drinks and sales by 3 F/As on the 732 for a few airlines here...
On the other end, another airline was once witnessed to have had 8 F/As on an MD82... with full pax... the "extra" F/As came out of the rear galley after take off... now where did they sit? the galley floor? *shaking my head*
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Cslusarc From Canada, joined May 2005, 811 posts, RR: 0 Reply 19, posted (7 years 8 months 1 week 6 days 7 hours ago) and read 1547 times:
No one has mentioned CANADA:
19 seats or fewer = NO FA
20-50 seats = 1 FA (this is an exemption to the 1:40 PAX rule)
51-80 pax = 2 FA
81-120 pax = 3 FA
121-160 pax = 4 FA
...... and so on with a 1:40 PAX ratio
example:
- a 735 or 736 configured with 120 pax (all-Y) or 100 pax (12J/88Y) requires 3 FAs, but a 124 pax (all-Y) 732 requires 4 FAs.
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