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Southwest plane goes off runway after landing in Nashville
A Southwest Airplane went off the runway at the Nashville International Airport after landing Tuesday evening. (wkrn.com) Más...Sort type: [Top] [Newest]
The thing that strikes me is that only three flight attendants needed to try to manage the evacuation of 133 Passengers. I recall that in the Boeing 727 we carried at least five Cabin Crew for a similar number of Pax. Underlines the need for the passengers to listen VERY carefully to the safety briefings, including location of their nearest exit. At least this evac seems to have worked out pretty well...
What they don't take into consideration for the timed evac during certification is all the idiots opening every overhead bin to sort through and retrieve luggage that then injures them or others as it is slung aroud. If I were ever in an evac, most of the injuries would be to people between me and the nearest exit that reach for the overhead!
FAA rules only require ONE F/A for every 50 passenger seats installed on the airplane. IF you had 5 Cabin Crew on a B-727? That must have been years ago when airlines focused on service, and not the bare minimums.
AS TO the EVAC? Why?, I must ask. It is well-known that there is always a chance of injury to passengers in an EVAC....and, absent any immediate threat (smoke, fire ETC) then there is no need. This was so benign ... makes me wonder if the Cabin Crew initiated the EVAC without CockPit authority. (Details will come out in the Official Report). In addition? If Cockpit ordered EVAC? This too seems unnecessary.
AS TO the EVAC? Why?, I must ask. It is well-known that there is always a chance of injury to passengers in an EVAC....and, absent any immediate threat (smoke, fire ETC) then there is no need. This was so benign ... makes me wonder if the Cabin Crew initiated the EVAC without CockPit authority. (Details will come out in the Official Report). In addition? If Cockpit ordered EVAC? This too seems unnecessary.
It's not one for every 50. Anything over 51 requires 2 Also that's why all 75 seat RJ's have 2. It also varies by airplane type according to what FAA has set for minimum safe crew. A 300 seat 777 could never go with 6. They would be spread too thin and not one for every exit.
I think you just MADE my "point". It is the number of SEATS that dictates number of F/As, per regulation. Rules change, based on configuration and number of exits, especially on larger jets.
A small observation? YEARS ago at my airline our B-727s had 151 seats.....ONE row was removed, and suddenly? TaDa!!! Instead of 4 legally required Cabin Crew? Only THREE legally needed. The "row" of seats removed?? TWO....so from 151 (requires FOUR Cabin Crew, per FAA) down to 149....so "minimum"m Cabin Crew now only 3....for that type and configuration.
As a flight deck crewmember our only concern was how any planned Evac scenario would be changed. BUT, for Cabin Crew AND their cut-backs? Enormous.....
A small observation? YEARS ago at my airline our B-727s had 151 seats.....ONE row was removed, and suddenly? TaDa!!! Instead of 4 legally required Cabin Crew? Only THREE legally needed. The "row" of seats removed?? TWO....so from 151 (requires FOUR Cabin Crew, per FAA) down to 149....so "minimum"m Cabin Crew now only 3....for that type and configuration.
As a flight deck crewmember our only concern was how any planned Evac scenario would be changed. BUT, for Cabin Crew AND their cut-backs? Enormous.....
The evac was needed because the plane could not get to the gate under its own power and could not with a tug either based on the photos of the plane's nose being in contact with the grass.