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Reprinted with permission from ASOS Safety Wire, September 2005, Ed Wandall, ARG/US.

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Get The FACTS! Flight Attendant/Aircrew Emergency Procedures Training
by Ed Wandall, ARG/US

Blaine takes an F/A for a ride in the ROBD.

After the class work, we went out to practice in the full motion simulator (one of 5 sims that FACTS owns, including one specific to helicopter emergencies). As a pilot, I was impressed with the realism of the simulation. The bumps, bangs, smoke and sirens made it as real as an emergency as I ever want to see. Now for you pilots out there, consider taking these classes alongside your F/A's. When you are in the sim and the cabin is filling up with smoke, and you are riding a bucking bronco down the runway, you will be very glad you have a well trained F/A behind you to take care of your PAX. And remember, it is a good idea to take care of your passengers, as they tend to pay the bills in this industry. The attention to detail in the sim is impressive... the window on the port side are oval like a Gulfstream, and the ones on the starboard side are square like a Challenger or a Citation. Inside you have fore facing, aft facing, and divan seats... you may even want to suggest this training for your owners or frequent flyers.

As impressive as the full motion crash sim is, the quality of training does not end there. After egress training, we returned to the classroom to work on hypoxia awareness training. This program is new to FACTS and is the first type of training of this sort for the corporate aircraft world. They use what is called a Reduced Oxygen Breathing Device (ROBD) that can simulate the effects of altitude (up to 30,000 feet). The ROBD is a safe, effective was to show the effects of decompression in an aircraft. Each participant is monitored for heart rate fluctuations, as well as oxygen saturation levels by one of FACTS EMT trained instructors. You will see that each person has a different "time of useful consciousness" (TUC). After watching what happened to Helios Flight 522, decompression is going to be a bigger factor in future training. continued...

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