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Reprinted with permission from ASOS Safety Wire, September 2005, Ed Wandall, ARG/US.
Get The FACTS! Flight Attendant/Aircrew Emergency Procedures Training
by Ed Wandall, ARG/US
Like everyone else, the horrific pictures I had seen on the news of Air France Flight 358, broken and burning of the end of the runway at Pearson Airport in Toronto, shocked me. I just caught a glimpse of it on the news as I was rushing out of the house to drive to Teterboro, New Jersey. As I quickly tuned in the news on the radio, my shock turned to abject amazement. Not one of the 297 passengers and 12 crewmembers was killed? The talking head on the radio was going on and on about 'miracles,' but I suspected the flight attendants had a hand in it as well... which was ironic, since I was heading to Teterboro to check out FACTS Emergency Procedures Training for Corporate Aircraft Pilots and Flight Attendants (F/A's).
 FACTS, a division of AirCare International Limited, have trained over 2000 pilots and flight attendants since it began operations over 21 years ago. FACTS has become the de facto standard in crewmember emergency training. Specializing in evacuation and safety procedures, the FACTS team of instructors use full-size and full-motion simulators to bring the highest level of realism to the training session... not only that, they will bring them to your flight department, because they are all mobile!
FACTS has over 100 scheduled classes each year, and while they would be happy to set up at your airport, they also work out of 'hub' cities: Seattle, WA; Van Nuys, CA; Ft. Lauderdale, FL; Chicago, IL, San Fran/San Jose, CA; Dallas, TX; and my destination , Teterboro, NJ. The class was at the Hilton Hotel in Hasbrouck Heights, just north of TEB, and I was already working on this newsletter in my head as I pulled up.
Though I already knew the importance of trained Flight Attendants, I figured this would be a great opportunity to discuss how important they are in a flight department. I guess CNN thought so too, because they showed up right after I did.
This particular course was being taught by Blaine Stanley and Traci Gross. They had a dozen or so corporate flight attendants in the class, and ironically, the instructors were teaching emergency egress. Within minutes I was impressed by the thoroughness and professionalism of the instructors. During the breaks, I had the opportunity to interview several of the students, and they stressed that this training was a critical element in their careers. When they asked me why I was there, I replied that I felt it important to spread the word that trained F/A's are not only industry "Best Practices" they are a serious safety of flight benefit. continued... |
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