Aircraft Evacuation Commands

Evacuation Commands

• If conditions are safe or require you to proceed to the exit, shout "Out of my way!" and assess the exit while shouting "Stand back, hold people back!"
• Hold onto the white handle, reassess, and lift up the handle to open the exit
• Pull the manual inflation handle, re-assess conditions outside the aircraft
• Use ABP Commands: "You lead people away, You two stay at the bottom, pull people off, send them away"
• Shout "Come this way," "Stay Low, Jump" and then "Look out the window, if it's safe open it!"

Special Slide Techniques

• For infants: leave the carrier in the seat, hold the baby in your lap, and face forward
• For non-English speaking customers and parents with more than one child: assign "buddies" to assist
• For service animals/guide dogs: do not remove the harness, hold the animal in your lap
• For customers with disabilities: assign "buddies" to assist, use the sit and scoot method, and move the customer by their shoulders
• Non-ambulatory customers and attendants should evacuate after the main flow of traffic
• Reasonable effort should be made to evacuate disabled customers, but do not compromise your own safety or the safety of other customers

Emergency Equipment Retrieval A321

• Locations of emergency equipment: FlyTab/EFAM, Flashlight, First Aid Kit, Megaphone, Life Raft, ELT
• A321NEO has similar emergency equipment retrieval

Duties After Evacuation

• Customer Count
• Administer First Aid, especially for shock
• Identify people to assist and give everyone an assignment
• Re-enter the aircraft when safe, after engines have cooled, fuel has evaporated, and it is safe to do so

Survival After Evacuation

• 80% of all emergencies are unplanned
• Most unplanned emergencies that result in evacuations occur during taxi, takeoff, and landing
• 71% of fatalities occur after the aircraft has come to a stop
• 64% of severe injuries occur after the aircraft has come to a stop
• Less than 14% of all accidents result in fatalities

Unplanned Emergencies

• When to start shouting commands: when it's safe to do so
• What to say when hearing "Brace, Brace, Brace", "Remain Seated, Remain Seated", or "Evacuate, Evacuate"
• When to stop shouting commands: when it's no longer necessary

Overwing Slide Exits

• Overwing exits are a last resort in a water ditching since the slides are not detachable and cannot be used as a raft

Failure to Automatically Deploy

• Slides may not automatically inflate because the aircraft may not drop to a 45-degree angle
• Remedy: pull the manual inflation handle

Ditching Emergency Checklist – A320 Differences

• 1. Set lights to bright
• 2. Read ditching announcement
• 3. Attach survival kits at designated doors
• 4. Distribute infant life vests
• 5. Obtain crew life vest and don it during the safety demo