Commercial Fixed Wing
Flight Attendant Current
Situational Awareness; Workload; Time Pressure; Distraction
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Ground Event / Encounter Other / Unknown
Company Policy; Environment - Non Weather Related; Human Factors
This flight was designated as a quick turn. Once cleaners were off the aircraft flight attendants boarded and less than 30 seconds later three members of management were asking the crew if we can board the customers that were shoulder to shoulder with poor ventilation and no signs of social distancing on the jet bridge. I understand that safety checks must be done before door closure. It is extremely difficult to do safety checks during the boarding process of a full X type aircraft with the added pressure of the three members of management standing outside the boarding door. An in-flight Supervisor was standing in front of the flight attendant jump-seat; at door one left during the boarding; to have a look at the boarding process and kept asking how the overhead bins looked. As the A Flight Attendant; I discussed this matter with CS and would contact them when bins were getting full. To complicate things; we had an extra pilot doing a check ride so we had a total of three; we also had a maintenance issue with the aircraft and at one time I was pressed against the door at one right; as we had three pilots three mechanics two flight attendants and one in-flight Supervisor standing in the forward part of the plane along with customers boarding .  It was clear that everything that happened during the boarding process showed we need to do a better job during this COVID-19 pandemic and the quick turn needs to be updated to reflect that.
Flight Attendant reported social distancing problems/concerns involving passengers; crew and maintenance personnel during boarding on a quick turn flight.