Ask the BA Staffer and Heathrow ATC
Jan 17, 2013, 4:58 pm
#1801
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Jan 17, 2013, 5:05 pm
#1802
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I seem to recall that the "cross check" instruction is only given in the "to automatic" direction. In the "to manual" direction, as no major direct safety issue is involved then no cross check required.
Am I correct?
Am I correct?
Jan 17, 2013, 5:12 pm
#1803
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As soon as someone from the profession answers we therefore will know whether I have good memory or whether I am getting senile.
Jan 17, 2013, 5:15 pm
#1804
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One of us is probably senile, 50/50 chance of it being me or you. 
Jan 17, 2013, 5:17 pm
#1805
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Jan 17, 2013, 5:20 pm
#1806
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The instructions to put the doors to manual is given by the pilots and it shoud include 'cabin crew place the doors to manual and crosscheck'.
It is important for the doors to be disarmed because deploying a slide is a very expensive thing to do, as it takes a long time to repack and replace a slide. It also is dangerous for the ground staff outside the aircraft.
We only open a door in BA if steps or some form of jetty is in place as this is a secondary safeguard as the slide will not inflate unless it drops below the door level, but even so re-packing one would cause a massive delay and cost to BA.
It is important for the doors to be disarmed because deploying a slide is a very expensive thing to do, as it takes a long time to repack and replace a slide. It also is dangerous for the ground staff outside the aircraft.
We only open a door in BA if steps or some form of jetty is in place as this is a secondary safeguard as the slide will not inflate unless it drops below the door level, but even so re-packing one would cause a massive delay and cost to BA.
Jan 17, 2013, 5:26 pm
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Jan 17, 2013, 5:30 pm
#1808
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Yes that is what I was meaning, it is starting to get a bit difficult to find some topics now and I think I read that one of the mods stating that really long threads can cause problems.
Jan 17, 2013, 5:56 pm
#1809
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1808 Posts, 120 pages, 178585 views and hardly a cross or aggressive word in the whole thread.
On behalf of all us passengers and plane geeks could I extend a huge thank you to all our staff contributors. You contributions right across the forum are hugely appreciated ^Could we continue here:
http://www.flyertalk.com/forum/briti...er-2013-a.html
I will ask for this to be locked.
And in my best Brucie voice, "keeeeep asking"!
Last edited by ColdWalker; Jan 17, 2013 at 6:19 pm
Jan 18, 2013, 1:04 am
#1810
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Locked as requested by OP.
