Leezell

I took this almost 2 months ago and kept forgetting to post it.

Easy Button

Great crew, great flight. Must have worked. ^

b0nd0

That was easy.

^

WesNSpace

<<waits for a lame msp flyover comment>>

TheMoose

<<or a lame atl taxiway landing comment>>

AndyTLe

Nah. This won't be seen in mainline planes. The pilots' union likes to make everything difficult.

wxguy

Many years ago I flew on an airline (no longer in business) where the "code" given to FAs from the cockpit for an emergency EVacuation was "EASY VICTOR" announced over the PA. It was meant to be a verbal command given that would not panic the passengers.

Pharaoh

It's all the fault of Delta's award calendar.

AndyTLe

Man, I just hate global warming.

majorwibi

You know you are an airplane nerd when you dont recognize the RJ configuration with the Lav location and head to seatguru to figure out which plane it actually would have been.

Its either a ERJ-170 or 175 if anyone cares

MikeMpls

"Easy Victor" is still used by DL. It's a message from the cockpit to the cabin that the plane is safe for evacuation (engines off, flaps down, ...); it is NOT an order to evacuate. If you hear "Easy Victor" on a DL flight, start paying really close attention to the flight attendants.

Down3Green

While the overall gist of your post is correct, the details, particularly the bolded portion is incorrect. FWIW, while other airlines certainly use the term Easy Victor, it was not part of Delta procedure until until very recently, so I can only assume that it was a carryover from NWA

MikeMpls

Actually it was covered by the Delta staff at their FA training academy during our Road Warrior Training last June -- see http://www.easyvictor.org

When the "Easy Victor" message is heard, the cabin crew are to contact the cockpit, assess conditions & decide what to do. If contact with the cockpit is not possible, the flight attendants will do their own assessment of the situation.

Odds are that if you hear "Easy Victor", you're going to be jumping out an exit, but it is not an immediate order to do so.

socrates

not even funny...we all know it's because the FA's were instructed to do their F service from the cart...can't wait for this to go away, as soon as it does DL will be a much much better airline

Down3Green

Sorry Mike, but this is wrong.......let me give you a hint, in my Job, I'm the guy who actually says "Easy Victor" over the PA. I'm pretty sure I know when I'm supposed to say it and what occurs before and after saying it. I have no doubt that you 'thought' you heard what you wrote at the Road Warrior Training, but you either misunderstood it or they were 'dumbing it down' for a non flight crew audience.

Again, the gist of what you are posting is in the ballpark, but the specifics are all wrong....and this dovetails onto my post in the Channel 9 thread where I mention that it's always dangerous to have people who don't necessarily understand what they are hearing making judgments on that information. Just so you know, at the time that I tell the cabin Easy Victor, the plane is not configured for Evac and the engines are not shut down. That happens later. When the cabin crew hear Easy Victor, they will tell you to STAY SEATED while they determine if their assigned exit is usable.....they do not contact me. They await to hear one of two commands from me.

HWGeeks

Wow thats cheap