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Doubtful. I'm not allowed to clean up bio hazard waste at work. ?
Flight attendants are trained in this and they know how to do it. They are most certainly allowed to clean up biohazardous waste. In fact one of them did wind up attemping to clean it up, but used the wrong procedure to do it. Have you ever seen janitors on airplanes? The flight attendants do all this.
Flight attendants are trained in this and they know how to do it. They are most certainly allowed to clean up biohazardous waste. In fact one of them did wind up attemping to clean it up, but used the wrong procedure to do it. Have you ever seen janitors on airplanes? The flight attendants do all this.
No, flight attendants do not clean planes between flights. A maintenance crew enters the plane from the door near the tail and does a sweep immediately after the passengers exit the plane and before the next set of passengers enters. Flight attendants must resolve problems that happen in flight but not when the plane is at the gate. And, yes, I have seen janitors on airplanes. Many times, in fact.
Last edited by randomparent; 11-07-2018 at 07:33 PM..
No, flight attendants do not clean planes between flights. A maintenance crew enters the plane from the door near the tail and does a sweep immediately after the passengers exit the plane and before the next set of passengers enters. Flight attendants must resolve problems that happen in flight but not when the plane is at the gate. And, yes, I have seen janitors on airplanes. Many times, in fact.
I've never seen a janitor on an airplane and I've flown many times. Flight attendants are responsible for keeping the plane clean. Passengers aren't supposed to clean up biohazardous wastes and it's certainly not the job of the pilots, either. If a flight is in air and there's a waste problem that arises, yes, the flight attendants have to clean it up. Even if they don't want to.
I've never seen a janitor on an airplane and I've flown many times. Flight attendants are responsible for keeping the plane clean. Passengers aren't supposed to clean up biohazardous wastes and it's certainly not the job of the pilots, either. If a flight is in air and there's a waste problem that arises, yes, the flight attendants have to clean it up. Even if they don't want to.
How on earth are you missing the cleaning crew? They come right through the door near the tail as the passengers exit and clean the plane. Maybe I see them because I often sit in the tail section. If you don't believe me, here's a link to a job listing for a Delta Airlines Cabin Service Agent.
How on earth are you missing the cleaning crew? They come right through the door near the tail as the passengers exit and clean the plane. Maybe I see them because I often sit in the tail section. If you don't believe me, here's a link to a job listing for a Delta Airlines Cabin Service Agent.
As an aside, the pay rate offered is disgracefully low. Maybe that's why the poop wasn't cleaned up!
It is still the flight attendant's responsibility to A) ensure that a biohazard is cleaned up and B) clean it themselves if no cleaning crew is available.d
"Meehan knows for a fact that Delta planes are required to have a biohazard kit onboard for situations like this. “The Delta representative that spoke with me after the fact told me their protocol is to have a biohazard kit onboard,” he says. “The fact that they either didn’t take it down and offer me something from it to clean myself properly or it was absent completely from the plane broke protocol either way,” Meehan says. “They said they didn’t have one.”
The Delta representative also told Meehan that “Delta broke protocol in continuing the boarding process once the biohazard was identified and reported” by him. “Once a passenger brings a contagion or biohazard to staff’s attention, you’re supposed to stop boarding entirely,” Meehan says he was told. “And you’re supposed to deboard if possible so that the contagion or biohazard can be properly cleaned without spreading or contaminating others. But they just kept boarding the plane.”
Of course not, and I never said otherwise. The plane should have been evacuated immediately so the seat cushions could be replaced and the area decontaminated. I'm honestly appalled that the flight crew did not do so. I just don't think this is simply an issue of a lazy flight attendant. I think the problem is more likely that the flight crew did not feel like they had the option of delaying the flight to deal with the mess, and that's a systemic problem the airline needs to address.
If they don't like what they are paid, they are free to find other jobs.
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