Preflighting Your Passenger for Water Flight By Amy Laboda ASC Tampa FSDO

Passenger Preflight—Seating Assess via weight and balance Determine who can sit right seat with minimum pilot interference

Assess who can open an exit if called upon to do so

Determine who can exit with emergency gear (raft) Explain how to use it

Your Speech If you’ve been flying on airlines (or for them) you know it by heart

How to don the PFD (should be wearing if over water time starts immediately after takeoff) How to use PFD Pouch or Airline type?

How to buckle and unbuckle a seat belt

How to open and close doors and windows Location and operation of the fire extinguisher How to operate seats, forward and backward, to enhance egress. That the seat back should be upright for takeoff and landing.

The location of each normal and emergency exit. The operation of each normal and emergency exit by explanation and demonstration To leave carry-on items behind To establish "situational awareness."

Bracing positions for a hard landing

Survival Tools to have attached to you (or a passenger)

Statistics Don’t Lie 95% of accidents in the water are survivable- as far as the landing impact goes… Nearly as many passengers survive aircraft accidents in general When interviewed, an overwhelming majority of passengers say that they remembered the preflight briefing given by the pilot/flight attendant and it saved their lives.

Smoking Seat belts / Shoulder Harnesses Seats Exits Carry Ons Situational Awareness Flotation Gear Fire Extinguishers Survival Equipment ELT Brace position A Sample Checklist