by expat » Tue May 01, 2012 3:53 am
When flight attendants do the safety dance and they are showing how to use the life vests, are those live/working vests?
No they are demo vests and as such inert. It goes for the battery and lights too. It is a legal requirement that a life vest is vacuum packed in a rip-able plastic bag. Each vest has a a unique serial number linked to date of manufacture, next servicing date and time-ex date. One of the reasons for it being sealed, it is a very quick way of knowing whether it is serviceable or not. Bag intact, serial number visible and expiry date good, all is OK.
Matt
"A bit of a pickle" - British translation: A catastrophically bad situation with potentially fatal consequences.
PETA
People Eating Tasty Animals.
B1 (Cat C) licenced engineer, Boeing 737NG 600/700/800/900 Airbus A318/19/20/21 and Dash8 Q-400
1. Captain, if the problem is not entered into the technical logbook.........then the aircraft does not have a problem.
2. And, if you have time to write the fault on a napkin and attach to it to the yoke.........you have time to write it in the tech log....see point 1.
