Originally Posted by
mvoight
Why would you not expect an FA to know how to open a door? Aren't they trained specifically for the aircraft they work on?
Don’t fret, I never said I didn’t expect an FA to know how to open a door. Here’s what I said:
Originally Posted by
Microwave
I wouldn’t expect an FA to know which aircraft have plug doors and which do not, or how much altitude the aircraft would need to render the door impossible to open.
Knowing how to open a door doesn’t require one to know whether it’s a plug door, and it doesn’t require one to know at which altitude the door cannot be forced open by an able-bodied person. The key is that I don’t expect a quick-thinking FA to be able to immediately judge the potential for success of a passenger trying to open a door during flight; rather, I would expect him or her to act quickly by stopping said passenger.