Total silence from the flight deck
Feb 2, 2018, 6:33 am
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I'm pretty relaxed about flying, but I can imagine that would make those of a nervous disposition somewhat more uncomfortable…
Feb 2, 2018, 8:04 am
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Feb 2, 2018, 9:34 am
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Feb 2, 2018, 9:46 am
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Feb 2, 2018, 11:13 am
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Feb 2, 2018, 1:29 pm
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If the announcements were missing during the decent then I would assume that the Aviate, Navigate, Communicate mantra would have kicked in. Therefore I’d be taking a close interest in my nearest emergency exit!
Feb 2, 2018, 2:08 pm
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Feb 2, 2018, 2:28 pm
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Having said that, given that pilots often have more important things to do (like flying the aircraft) than talking to the passengers, the irony is that the nervous passengers (and all the other passengers and crew) would be better off with silence than with a PA that's unnecessarily distracting the pilots.
In other words, if things are busy then passengers should prefer being safer to being more reassured.
In other words, if things are busy then passengers should prefer being safer to being more reassured.
- safety is a shared responsibility. If you have passengers who have confidence and feel at ease they are more likely to feel confident to speak up if something doesn't seem right. I also think this links with CRM and breaking down the "them and us" mentality across the cockpit door.
- if things are THAT rushed that there is no time for a 90 second PA then that's prob not ideal!
Feb 2, 2018, 3:14 pm
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I get what you're saying but:
- safety is a shared responsibility. If you have passengers who have confidence and feel at ease they are more likely to feel confident to speak up if something doesn't seem right. I also think this links with CRM and breaking down the "them and us" mentality across the cockpit door.
- if things are THAT rushed that there is no time for a 90 second PA then that's prob not ideal!
- safety is a shared responsibility. If you have passengers who have confidence and feel at ease they are more likely to feel confident to speak up if something doesn't seem right. I also think this links with CRM and breaking down the "them and us" mentality across the cockpit door.
- if things are THAT rushed that there is no time for a 90 second PA then that's prob not ideal!
Feb 2, 2018, 3:21 pm
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Before the Captain or F/O make a pa, the pa system has to be serviceable. It is quite possible to dispatch with the pa in the flight deck u/s, as long as a suitable system of communication with the cabin crew is established, and they can make pa's.
The Captain may have wanted to make his usual waffle, but was prevented from doing so.
The Captain may have wanted to make his usual waffle, but was prevented from doing so.