Flight Attendant Current
Fatigue; Other / Unknown; Time Pressure
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural FAR; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Other / Unknown
General None Reported / Taken
Company Policy; Human Factors
Flight Attendants (FA) were originally scheduled for [Flight X]. Our crew was legal up to XA10. As we approached this time we were still fueling air craft. Two chief pilots told us that we're closing the aircraft door. They were going to continue fueling while the doors were armed. They told the Flight Attendants this was legal because the jetway was hooked up to plane. Paperwork came thru the window. The door was closed to prevent FA from going illegal with two minutes to spare. We continued to sit at gate while plane was refueling ; doors armed; paperwork thru window. I ask; along with my crew if this is safe. If there was a fire; door 2 is armed; jetway is filled with 2 chief pilots and 4 inflight supervisors. That slide would have been very dangerous.
The flight attendant questioned the wisdom of refueling with the cabin doors armed while still connected to the jetway; reportedly to keep the crew from going illegal.