Widebody Transport
Flight Attendant Current
Confusion; Workload; Time Pressure; Communication Breakdown
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Other / Unknown
General None Reported / Taken
Company Policy
Passengers were boarding at XA:55; Flight Attendants (FA) are required to be on the aircraft at XA:55. We were having our safety and security briefing when the passengers boarded.The company has told the gate agents to board at departure -50 minutes; however flight attendants are not required to be on board untill departure -50 minutes; so:FAs do not have time to check emergency equipment.FAs are not in the exit area for boarding.Passengers are listening to our security and safety briefing.Either increase our report time to 1 hour 15 minutes; or return to the boarding times of departure -40 minutes giving us 10 minutes to complete our preflight responsibilities.
Flight Attendant reported inadequate time for their preflight responsibilities.