Commercial Fixed Wing
Flight Attendant Current
Distraction
Deviation / Discrepancy - Procedural Published Material / Policy; Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Illness / Injury
General None Reported / Taken
Company Policy; Environment - Non Weather Related; Human Factors
Flight Attendant told us as we entered plane that she was informed her best friend was COVID-19 positive and that they had been together recently. She then stated she was having some symptoms and was thinking of getting off flight on day 3. I performed my safety duties and sat in seat X for takeoff and landing so I was more than 2 inches away from her on the jumpseat. This was for my safety. We performed monitor and challenge on takeoff and landing. I felt the need for social distance to protect myself and my family from a virus that can cause fatalities.We should all be tested. For this virus. At minimum our temperatures should be checked daily. There should be no penalty for calling off. Maybe on planes that require flight attendants to share a jumpseat it would be prudent to move one of them to a seat by the exit like I chose to do.
Flight Attendant reported that a crewmember had possibly been exposed to COVID-19. For social distancing purposes; Flight Attendant sat in a cabin seat for takeoff and landing.