Call outs Flashcards
Turbulence
of Moderate
or Greater
is Reported/
Impending
Flight attendants
need to be in their
jumpseats within
5 minutes.
Make PA:
“Flight attendants,
take your
jumpseats.”
Flight attendants will have
up to 5 minutes to take their
jumpseats.
Turbulence
of Moderate
or Greater
is Reported/
Impending
Flight attendants
need to be in their
jumpseats sooner
than 5 minutes
(indicate the
minutes in the PA
announcement).
Make PA:
“Flight attendants,
take your
jumpseats in X
minutes.”
Flight attendants will take
their jumpseats in the
minutes indicated.
Turbulence
Improves/
Subsides
It is safe for flight
attendants to
leave their
jumpseats and
resume duties.
Make PA:
“Flight attendants,
check in.”
Flight attendants leave their
jumpseats and resume
duties.
A call from the Purser/
designee to the flight deck is
made once they have
verified flight attendant,
passenger, and cabin status.
What PA is required when the Captain is ready to prepare the cabin for landing?
Pilots will make the PA, “Flight attendants, please prepare the cabin for landing,”
in sufficient time for flight attendants to complete their final cabin checks and be
in their jumpseats no later than the sterile flight deck two-chime notification. This
PA should not be combined with any other announcement. Flight attendants are
trained to listen for precisely these words.
A technique is to make the PA at FL180, but the altitude can and should be
modified if FL180 prepares the cabin too early or too late for final cabin
checks to be accomplished prior to the two-chime notification (e.g., a lower
altitude may be appropriate for extended low-altitude cruising for EWR
arrivals).
As a reference, it takes approximately 5 minutes on narrowbody aircraft and
10 minutes on widebody aircraft for flight attendants to accomplish final cabin
checks and be seated in their jumpseats.
The final cabin checks are accomplished when the Flight Attendants Prepare
the Cabin for Landing PA is announced.
In the event of unexpected/impending turbulence, turbulence PAs are to be
used.
If the flight attendants are seated prior to giving the Flight Attendants
Prepare the Cabin for Landing PA, still make the PA. The flight attendants
will make their final cabin check announcements from their jumpseats.
At the Captain’s discretion, the Flight Attendants Prepare the Cabin for
Landing PA can be made at any altitude if the flight attendants need to be
seated sooner. If making the PA early and duties allow, use the interphone to
pre-brief the Purser of the PA timing.
Note: Though the flight attendants are using the two-chime notification as a
signal that they should be in their jumpseats, the two-chime notification
should only be used by pilots to indicate sterile flight deck. Therefore,
do not use an early two-chime notification to seat the flight attendants
after giving the Flight Attendants Prepare the Cabin for Landing PA, as
this disrupts their timing. If you want the flight attendants to be seated
while accomplishing their final cabin checks, use the turbulence
commands (e.g., flight attendants take your jumpseats in 2 minutes;
flight attendants be seated immediately, be seated immediately).
Runway
Verification
Prior to crossing
the hold-short line
PM and PF: “Runway ___ verified”
Takeoff
Thrust levers at
takeoff setting
PF: “Check thrust”
PM: “Thrust set. ____%”
Takeoff
100 knots
PM: “100 knots”
Takeoff
V1
PM: “V1” (Call approximately 5 knots
prior to V1)
Takeoff
VR
PM: “Rotate”
Takeoff
Positive rate of
climb
PF or PM: “Positive rate”
PF: “Gear Up”
Climb
10,000 feet MSL
(as duties permit)
C:
Announce cabin altitude 1
(e.g., “Cabin altitude five
thousand two hundred,” “five point
two”)
Climb
Transition altitude PM and PF:
“Standard” (STD)
Climb
1000 feet above
or below assigned
altitude
PM:
Designate approaching altitude
appropriately (e.g., “Six thousand
for seven thousand,” “six for
seven”)
Descent
Transition level
PM and PF: “___ In/hPa”
Descent
1000 feet above
or below assigned
altitude
PM: Designate approaching altitude
appropriately (e.g., “Seven
thousand for six thousand,”
“seven for six”)
