Alert Phase Commands

Question 1

• Alert Phase Initiation
  
  • Threat to safety with time available to brief cabin crew OR no evacuation required
    
    • EG. Engine Failure / smoke

Answer 1

• “Attention; ISM to the flight deck” x 2, OR
• “Attention; ISM to the interphone” x 2

Question 2

• Alert Phase Initiation
  
  • Possible ground evacuation OR Approx 2 minutes to an emergency landing
    
    • EG. RTO following a fire / non extinguishable fire on departure with a turn back required

Answer 2

• “Attention; crew at stations” x 2

Question 3

Approximately 30 seconds before impact or emergency landing

Answer 3

• “Attention; brace brace”, or if the PA is inoperative:
  
  • Cycle seatbelt signs OFF then ON 6 or more times

Question 4

Evacuation order

Answer 4

• “Attention; evacuate, evacuate”
  * If the PA is inoperative:
  * Cabin crew at doors 1 are to shout any order from the flight crew down the cabin to relay the order throughout the aircraft

Question 5

What is a precautionary landing?

Answer 5

A non-normal occurrence with the aircraft or it’s systems with a low risk an emergency evacuation after landing. A precautionary landing is cinducted under an ALERT phase using normal procedures

Question 6

What is a precautionary disembarkation?

Answer 6

An emergency evacuation is not appropriate and there is adequate time available to conduct a controlled disembarkation

Question 7

Situation updates, instructions or briefings command?

Answer 7

“Crew to interphones”

Question 8

Cancel the alert phase?

Answer 8

“Crew normal operations, crew normal operations”

Question 9

Following an RTO which poses no threat, what PA can you make?

Answer 9

“Consider a normal PA”

Question 10

What non normal PA’s are written fully in the QRH?

Answer 10

Emergency Landing or Ditching /// Bomb warning in flight /// Precautionary disembarkation