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.

EU OPS Cabin Safety Requirements

The cabin safety requirements of Subpart D, K and O.

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 Operating 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.

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

Regulators – Flight Operations Inspectors and Cabin Safety Inspectors.

Basic working knowledge of EU OPS requirements.

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

Hoofddorp, Netherlands

17 - 19 October 2011
02 - 04 April 2012