Well I feel like an idiot
Oct 2, 2019, 5:55 am
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Well I feel like an idiot
I’m on flight 450 today (actually in the plane while I’m typing this lol) anyway so I noticed an orange glow under one of the flaps in the part of the wing nearest to the plane. After debating on it for 5 minutes I decided to ask a flight attendant if it was normal (since there was no glow or glare anywhere else) and he was like oh yeah that’s the sun reflecting off it. Now I’m embarrassed lol
Oct 2, 2019, 7:34 am
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Don't feel bad. I used to be a very nervous flyer. After boarding a flight one time, I looked out the window and saw something on top of the wing. I thought a mechanic left a tool sitting there. Before pulling away from the gate, I rang the flight attendant and nervously pointed out the window. She then told the captain. He then left the plane and went out and inspected the wing, then came back rather pissed off. It turns out I freaked out over a "wing hook" that is part of the wing. I then apologized profusely for delaying the flight.
Oct 2, 2019, 7:48 am
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I would not feel too bad. The FA did not know what it was and escalated it.
Oct 2, 2019, 10:11 am
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Don't feel bad. I used to be a very nervous flyer. After boarding a flight one time, I looked out the window and saw something on top of the wing. I thought a mechanic left a tool sitting there. Before pulling away from the gate, I rang the flight attendant and nervously pointed out the window. She then told the captain. He then left the plane and went out and inspected the wing, then came back rather pissed off. It turns out I freaked out over a "wing hook" that is part of the wing. I then apologized profusely for delaying the flight.
"Once the passengers in the emergency exit row open the door, an escape slide at the back end of the wing automatically deploys. The other passengers will exit through this door, walk across the wing and slide away from the plane.
During a water landing, the wings are likely to be wet and very slippery, making it difficult to safely reach the slide.
If cabin crew must facilitate an emergency exit over the wing, called and "overwing exit," they will pull out ropes from safety lockers above the emergency exit row. Once the exit is open, cabin crew secure one end of the rope in the door frame while the other end of the rope is fed onto the wing and through the small wing hooks.
Passengers can use this rope to steady themselves on the wing as they make their way toward the inflatable exit slide.
If passengers must also wait on life rafts for rescue, crew can use the ropes and emergency hooks to tether the rafts to the plane"
Last edited by PAX62; Oct 2, 2019 at 6:11 pm
Oct 2, 2019, 3:31 pm
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Oct 3, 2019, 11:45 am
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Depending on when this happened, the FA might have not had ETOPs training while serving on an ETOPs aircraft. Still not right, but it might have not been the fault of the FA but the training program.
Oct 3, 2019, 12:27 pm
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If the FA is there primarily for passenger safety and not just a waiter/waitress...one would expect them to be familiar with ALL the passenger safety features of an aircraft they are on.
Oct 29, 2019, 1:33 pm
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U!
Oct 29, 2019, 7:56 pm
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Nov 7, 2019, 4:11 am
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