Originally Posted by
Schind
1. They should have a spare as it's at LHR so it's just a case of dismantling that one and fitting another. Still a couple of hours or so though. If they have a spare aircraft it may be quicker to just use that one for the flight. That slide will be sent to Cardiff to be checked and repacked.
2. Precautions.
I was going to ask if slides were kept as spares on demand at LHR (albeit I presume time limited spares which have to be deployed and repacked every x years). Quite a stock as I'm guessing each aircraft type has several different slide types (including left and right for overwing slides).
Other than accidental deployment, what other reason would there be for changes of slides outside scheduled maintenance periods?