B787 Dreamliner Undifferentiated or Other Model
Flight Attendant Current
Flight Attendant Airline Total 30; Flight Attendant Number Of Acft Qualified On 7; Flight Attendant Total 30; Flight Attendant Type 40
Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Illness / Injury; Inflight Event / Encounter Weather / Turbulence
General None Reported / Taken
Aircraft
Clear air turbulence that lasted at least 15-20 minutes.  The problem with the 787 is that there are only three jumpseats in the back of the aircraft.  There were 5 Flight Attendants in the galley when we hit turbulence and not enough jumpseats. We immediately sat on the floor. Where I was sitting on the floor there wasn't even anything that I could hold onto.  I feel the airlines should either install more jumpseats or block passenger seats near the galley so that there is somewhere to sit when turbulence occurs.
45 minutes from landing the aircraft dropped and carts were lifted off floor. I was working in rear galley cleaning up after last service. This was unexpected turbulence. There were no PAs made because this event was unexpected. There was another drop and all 6 FAs in rear galley fell to floor. There are only 3 rear jumpseats on this 787 so 3 FAs including myself had to sit on the floor. There were no restraints to hold on to; nothing to protect us from inserts of trash; coffee; soda and trash falling onto us and the floor. At this point of the flight hot liquids were in coffee makers and it poured out onto several FAs.This 787 needs to have 6 jumpseats in the rear as that is how many work there. This is a safety issue for the FAs. There is nowhere for us to secure ourselves; a serious safety issue!
Two B787 flight attendants reported a clear air turbulence encounter during cruise.  The flight attendants noted there are not enough aft cabin jump seats to go around in the event of turbulence.