BRU today
Jul 15, 2018, 7:16 am
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BRU today
Heads up. Just landed at BRU (BA 394) and the crew forgot to disarm the doors (although they are all fighting with each other as to who was to blame!) and the slide partially deployed. Guessing anyone waiting to go back to LHR is going to be delayed.
Jul 15, 2018, 10:28 am
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yes. The pilot not flying makes the announcement when turning on to the stand and the crew at each door do it and cross check each other. However there might be only one cabin crew at a pair of doors so they cross check themself if that’s the case.
Last edited by KARFA; Jul 15, 2018 at 11:08 am
Jul 15, 2018, 11:04 am
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There were 2 crew. The unbelievably miserable purser and her equally miserable colllegaue. Needless to say, even before this, it was far from a great flight. Given the issue we had to disembark from the rear doors via stairs.
Jul 15, 2018, 1:49 pm
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Just checked, the return flight (BA395) did not depart until 1950 - over 4 hours late. Is it expected that such an error causes such a long delay? At least everyone on board would be entitled to some EU261 compensation...
Jul 15, 2018, 5:27 pm
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You need engineering support to check and repack (at least) the slide, which could take BA a little while to rustle up at an outstation and then there's the time to do the work.
Or you could dispatch back to base with the door considered inoperable, but even that still need a bit of engineering work to get the used slide out of the way and then you've got the problem of not being able to use some of the seats on the aircraft.
4 hours doesn't surprise me.
For compensation purposes, the ability of the crew to follow procedures to disarm doors is definitely within the airline's control!
Or you could dispatch back to base with the door considered inoperable, but even that still need a bit of engineering work to get the used slide out of the way and then you've got the problem of not being able to use some of the seats on the aircraft.
4 hours doesn't surprise me.
For compensation purposes, the ability of the crew to follow procedures to disarm doors is definitely within the airline's control!
Jul 16, 2018, 12:39 am
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Jul 16, 2018, 1:28 am
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If one inflates in the jetty it can be very very nasty, even fatal to people in them.
Jul 16, 2018, 1:38 am
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Generally not, its the drop that triggers the inflation so if it falls on jetty floor they don’t generally fire. It does make it a fairly tricky job to deactivate and remove though.
If one inflates in the jetty it can be very very nasty, even fatal to people in them.
Jul 16, 2018, 2:14 am
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Jul 16, 2018, 3:59 am
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I'm a bit clueless as there are a number of things that should prevent this from happening. Cross-checking to confirm door status with each crew member. Second, to that door operation requires the person to reconfirm door mode status before opening and then lightly place pressure and if either the pressure light indicator or slide arming light illuminate you stop. These are very simple tasks however it's easy overthink them without the following procedure.
