Introduction

Many aircraft accidents are survivable and a significant contributory factor can be the effectiveness of the cabin safety procedures including the activities of the cabin crew.

This course will introduce those factors which a regulator will need to include in an oversight regime and how they might be included in a practical cabin safety oversight programme.

In the end of the course, participants will have a detailed knowledge of the EU Regulations, related to cabin safety requirements and their implementation, besides on how to establish a high quality cabin safety inspection programme.

The following topics will be addressed:

• EU Regulations Cabin Safety Requirements
• Number and Composition of Cabin Crew
• Cabin Crew Training
• Cabin Safety Inspection Programme
• Passenger Safety Information
• Emergency Evacuation

Course Content

More in details, the following topics will be addressed:

EU Regulations Cabin Safety Requirements

• The cabin safety requirements of Part Aircrew and Part Air Regulations

Number and Composition of Cabin Crew

• Examples of aeroplane types to include narrow bodied and wide-bodied aeroplanes, types of exits, etc.

Cabin Crew Training

• Initial training;
• Senior cabin crew member training;
• Single cabin crew operations and related training;
• Conversion and differences training;
• Recurrent training;
• Familiarisation;
• Refresher training.

Cabin Safety Inspection Programme

• Aircraft survey;
• Demonstration/proving flight;
• Ramp inspection;
• Cabin crew pre-flight briefing;
• Cabin flight Inspection;
• Cabin Crew 0perating Manual and Training Manual;
• Cabin crew training course;
• Cabin crew training records.

Passenger Safety Information

• Passenger safety cards;
• Pre-flight briefings including videos;
• Briefing of passengers in an emergency;

Emergency Evacuation

• Emergency evacuation procedures;
• Relevance to the 25.803 demonstration test.
  
  

Learning Objectives

• To obtain a detailed knowledge of the EU Regulations related to cabin safety requirements and their implementation.
• How to establish a cabin safety inspection programme.

Who should take this course

Regulators - Flight 0perations Inspectors and Cabin Safety Inspectors.

As a pre-requisit, it is good to have a basic working knowledge of EU regulations, as they relate to cabin safety.

Pre-requisites

Basic working knowledge of EU regulations as they relate to cabin safety.

Participants are kindly requested to bring a laptop to the course to access course material which will only be provided in electronic format.

Duration

3 days, starting at 9:00 and ending at approximately 17:00 all days.