A B777 FLT ATTENDANT RPTS MINIMUM FLT ATTENDANT STAFFING FORCING THE FLT ATTENDANT CREW TO BE DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE CABIN NOT IN ACCORDANCE WITH ACR AND FAA REQUIREMENTS.

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FLT FROM ZZZ-ZZZ1-ZZZ2 WAS STAFFED WITH MINIMUM CREW (8 FLT ATTENDANTS). ACR DESIGNATED BRIEFING SHEET CALLS FOR FLT ATTENDANT #2 (FIRST CLASS FLT ATTENDANT) TO GREET AT BOARDING DOOR #1. AT BRIEFING; PURSER STATED THAT FLT ATTENDANT #4 (ECONOMY FLT ATTENDANT) WOULD TAKE OVER GREETER RESPONSIBILITIES FOR FLT ATTENDANT #2. WHEN QUERIED AS TO WHY SHE UNILATERALLY MOVED THE ECONOMY FLT ATTENDANT FROM HER BOARDING POS; IN VIOLATION OF COMPANY POLICY; SHE SAID 'WHAT ELSE COULD I DO?' THE PURSER EXPLAINED THAT SHE AND FIRST CLASS AISLE FLT ATTENDANTS ARE OVERWHELMED WITH THE MULTIPLE TASKS TO BE ACCOMPLISHED DURING BOARDING AND FEEL UNABLE TO COMPLETE THEM WITH JUST 2 FLT ATTENDANTS. AS A RESULT; THE PURSER OPTED TO REASSIGN AN ECONOMY FLT ATTENDANT IN ORDER TO FREE UP A THIRD PERSON FOR FIRST CLASS DUTIES. AS IT TURNED OUT; BOARDING DOOR #1 WAS OPENED ALSO; AND MANNED BY AN ECONOMY FLT ATTENDANT; LEAVING 4 FLT ATTENDANTS IN FIRST CLASS; AND 4 FLT ATTENDANTS IN ECONOMY. FARS CALL FOR AN 'EVEN DISTRIBUTION' THROUGHOUT THE ACFT. THIS IS NOT AN EVEN DISTRIBUTION OF CREW; WITH JUST 4 FLT ATTENDANTS (1 AT THE ECONOMY BOARDING DOOR) DISTRIBUTED THROUGHOUT THE ECONOMY CABIN WHICH HELD 290+ PAX THAT DAY. AT ONE POINT DURING BOARDING; I WAS THE ONLY FLT ATTENDANT IN THE AISLE IN THE ECONOMY CABIN. EVENTUALLY; HOWEVER; 3 FLT ATTENDANTS WERE IN THE ECONOMY AISLE DURING BOARDING. SECURITY IMPLICATIONS ASIDE; IT IS A VIOLATION OF COMPANY POLICY TO MOVE ANY FLT ATTENDANT FROM THEIR ASSIGNED BOARDING POS FOR ANYTHING OTHER THAN SAFETY DUTIES. THE RETURN FLT WAS ALSO STAFFED WITH 8 CREW; AND WE EXPERIENCED THE SAME PROB.