Originally Posted by Dave_C
IIRC the programme said that two crew members believed the indicator showed the slide was u/s and that they informed the No.1 who took no action.
And you've just made the programme's point; if the reporter who had completed the training course is not qualified to determine if an exit is u/s, why on earth are they flying as crew?
I have to agree that, while i think that programs like this normally sensationalise oversights of laxes of security and procedures, that the fact the flight crew didnt seem particularly bothered with pushing the point of getting the captain to check the slide was ok was worrying enough, as was the fact that no.1 didnt seem to do anything about it. It would be different if the other CC had said that no 1 had looked and stated that it was ok - this would indicate that they were taking charge and responsibility for checking etc, but in this case the crew the reporter was working with seemed completely uninterested. This is not a good thing when they are ultimately responsible for the lives and safety of over a hundred pax.
Efin