Flight Attendant Current
Situational Awareness; Confusion; Troubleshooting
Aircraft Equipment Problem Less Severe; Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy
General None Reported / Taken
Company Policy; Human Factors
FA D on this aircraft is assigned a jumpseat that is located in the aisle at/adjacent to the AFT RH LAV door (legs and feet cross pass LAV door). With COVID precautions to lower the spread of this disease; the X row of this aircraft is normally blocked for FA use only. At boarding time; someone released the X row and filled with paying passenger; even though this flight went out with 8-10 non-revs and had an additional 7 open seats (scattered about the main cabin). At cruise level of flight; FA D used a galley box to sit on in the AFT Galley to enable passenger's access to the AFT LAV without tripping over feet and/or possible exchange of disease between passengers and FA. FA was in assigned jumpseat for taxi; takeoff; and landing.Equip this aircraft with a jumpseat at the AFT RH door so that FA D is out of path to LAV and is closest to the AFT RH door for evacuation needs.
Flight Attendant reported a row that is typically blocked for Flight Attendant use was released for passenger seating.