DAY TWELVE (BRACE,BRACE, HEADS DOWN!)

Not such a good day. To begin with being tired from just being exhausted and brain dead I failed my stupid test today!!!!! Why because I miss-spelled a word and well of course it was my fault and got it wrong. But we only have three more test and the instructor told me that is basically down hill from here, meaning easy, easy. So I know I will be fine. But I'm not going to stress over it, I just need to slow down some times. Anyway after that we went over "Emergency Procedures" and what are objective's are and what we need to do and also the thing that everyone hates "The Twelve Steps" which are basically the "twelve" steps needed to be taken in a PLANNED EMERGENCY. It consists of five pages which ALL have to be memorized verbatim. Which we are all stressing over because its a lot of remembering and then we get tested on it Thursday night so we don't have to much time and we also have another test tuesday. Im sure I will get it done though. 

Aside from that just some knowledge for your information, you may or may not know but 95% of the people involved in U.S. Airline accidents have survived. Aviation experts say that the number could be even higher if the airline industry made improvements and passengers took safety more seriously. Another piece of information, in the event of a cabin fire 53 seconds into the fire the interior is an inferno, with temps ranging from 90 degrees at the floor level to more than 2,200 degree at the ceiling. After about 100 seconds the entire cabin suddenly explodes in flames in a phenomenon know as flashover.  This is where I STRESS the importance of be alert and aware. According to the NTSB (National Transportation Safety Board) & the FAA (Federal Aviation Administration) the best chance passengers have of surviving is to be fully knowledgeable of the individual aircrafts safety information. So please next time that you are on a aircraft read your safety information card and follow along as the flight attendant reviews important safety information.

Lastly we just got back from the hangar after testing over our "UNPLANNED EVACUATION" This would be for when there is NO time to prepare the cabin and the steps that would needed to be taken place would be as followed:

A "command" would be given from the Captain, then the F/A (Flight Attendant)

F/A then shouts "Brace, Brace Heads Down, Stay Down" until the second "command" from the 

Captain

F/A then shouts "Release Seat-belts, Get Out" Then activates the emergency lighting system.

F/A then shouts "Stand back" until the main cabin door is opened. We must then asses the outside condition of the door before opening. Then after the door is opened me instruct our two ABP (Able Body Persons) to "Stand at the bottom, help people off, send them away" we then shout "Leave everything, come this way, run down the stairs, move" we continue to repeat that until the Galley Service door is opened. Then instruct two more ABP's "Stand at the bottom, help people off, send them away" We then move to the Main Cabin Door brace ourself in the corner and continue to shout "Leave Everything, come this way, run down the stairs, move" The entire command must be VERBATIM and loud enough to hear from the aft of the aircraft and able to evacuate passengers in under 90 seconds.  I passed that. Anyway off to bed!