Here I am extinguishing a fuel fire with
a halon fire extinguisher. This training was held in Cape Town.Emergency Training Procedures
Everywhere in the world flight attendants have to go through emergency procedures, and repeat different exercises yearly to keep updated and their licences current.
Here are a few pictures of some scenarios cabin crew could encounter.
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Here I am extinguishing a fuel fire with
a halon fire extinguisher. This training was held in Cape Town.
Posing in protection gear, a luxury you
will not have in a real situation. I am in front of a mock-up
fuselage on fire. We had to fight our way through with
extinguishers and still look for dazed or injured passengers
(rubber dolls). Two fireman were always with you just to make
sure you will make no mistakes and kill yourself in training and
off course to check on your tactics.
A nice group picture of some of the LUXAVIA crew as the new fire-fighters.
From left to right: Mara, Claudia S., Claudia M., Barry, and a girl who joined our course from another airline and myself.
The dreaded emergency escape
slide/chute. Only after about 7 years did I get used to it. I
used to be terrified of going down the chute. Others enjoyed it
so much they couldn't get enough of it.
Here Amanda comes down not so gracefully.
And this is what you can do with a normal escape slide.Once detached from the aircraft, if necessary, you can use it as a flotation device. I much prefer the horizontal state of it!
Ditching exercise.
Here we are trying to survive the heavy seas and shark infested ocean, after a crash in the water, called ditching. I am peeking through the pillars of our slideraft.