workbook Flashcards
What is the International Date Line?
- An imaginary line extending between the North and South Poles
-A timekeeping systems arranged so that local noon corresponds approximately to the time at which the sun crosses the local meridian of longitude
-A way of arbitrarily demarcating each calendar day from the next
The Universal Time Clock is used as the primary time standard by which the world regulates clocks and time.
True or False
True
If you were to operate a flight from Toronto (-5) to Los Angeles (-8) how many hours would you turn back your clock?
3 hours
Phonetic Alphabet, Say them !
Alpha Beta Charlie Delta Foxtrot Golf Hotel Indiana Juliette Kilo Lima Mike Novembre Oscar Papa Quebec Romeo Sierra Tango Uniform Victor Whiskey X-ray Yankee Zulu
Certain Home Base abréviation
(Chapter 1 - Preface)
All cabin crew are required to carry an up-to-date Publication 123/124 and ePub at all times while on duty.
True or False
True
The company retains the right to discipline any employee bringing forth a safety concern that after investigation cannot be validated.
True or False
False
Why …………
SMS is based on a re-active approach to managing safety, health, security, environment, risk management, quality assurance and audit issues across the system,
True or False
False
Why ……….
1.2 p8
SMS (Safety Management System) is a formal process for ?
Managing safety
As employees, we have an obligation to become familiar with Air Canada Rouge’s Safety and Safety Reporting Policies. As such, we must report all incidents, accidents and injuries as well as:
Report potential hazards or events that could jeopardize safety
1.2 p8
SMS is supported by an electronic management system (AQD), composed of web based tools designed to capture all safety data related to safety reporting, audits, risk management and:
Document control
(Chapter 2 - Safety)
When describing components of the aircraft, the following terms are to be used:
right / left
Forward / aft
Inboard / outboard
Identify the following COLOUR CODES with the appropriate IMPACT:
The In-Charge Flight Attendant must submit all required paperwork within __________ hours of termination of cycle.
24 hours
The First Officer is a pilot who is second in command of the aircraft and its crew and assists or relieves the Pilot- in-Command in operation of the aircraft
true or false
True
2.3.1
List the chain of command :
To allow aircraft to maintain lift for take-off, all critical
aircraft surfaces must be free of contaminants such as ice, frost or snow.
TRUE FALSE
True
Cabin crew can recognize a rejected take-off by its sudden deceleration of the aircraft after the take-off roll was initiated.
TRUE FALSE
True
Whenever seated (including during rest/meal periods) on a cabin crew seat, cabin crew must sit using all seat belts provided (lap and shoulder harness). What else must cabin crew ensure?
Cabin crew must ensure that the jumpseat is free at all times from items such as reading material, garbage bags, as it should be available to crew in the event of sudden turbulence. Galley units are not to be used as temporary crew rest seats.
When should cabin crew restrict communication with the flight deck except for safety issues or emergency situations?
During critical phases of flight: taxi, take-off, initial climb (approximately 10 minutes after take-off), approach (approx. 10 minutes prior to landing, landing, and any other phases of flight below 10,000 feet.
2.11.2.1
Hypoglycemia presents a flight safety risk to operating flight deck and cabin crew. Prior to departure the Captain and the Lead should meet to discuss the priority of the meal service; a crew meal shall take priority any time a flight deck or cabin crew member indicates an immediate medical requirement for food.
TRUE FALSE
True
What are the order of the safety demonstration ?
Ordonance Sign
Seatbelts
Light Pathway
Emergency exits
Safety Features card
Oxygen Mask
Lifevest
What items of the pre-flight safety demo must to be made prior to take-off when a short taxi has been confirmed by flight crew?
Ordinance signs, seat belts, escape path lighting, emergency exits, and safety features cards
2.8.4.5
All galley/service equipment including magazines, newspapers, earphones, earphone bags, and blankets, must be securely stowed in approved stowage area.
TRUE FALSE
true
Upon hearing the announcement “Cabin crew please prepare for departure and cross-check” cabin crew must:
-Verify door status.
-Arm door(s).
-Visually check for armed indicators.
-Cross check (walk to opposite door and visually check for armed indicators).
-Confirm door is armed to the In-Charge Flight Attendant.
Which electronic devices cannot be used onboard the aircraft at any time due to interference with navigational and/or communication equipment.
Radio transmitters, radio-controlled toys, printers, and laser pointers
Smart phones cannot be used during taxi-in to the gate after the aircraft has turned off the active runway.
TRUE FALSE
False
why ……
Crew members are responsible for monitoring passengers to ensure that only acceptable electronic devices are used onboard. Acceptable electronic devices are either permitted during all, or specific phases of flight, including, while parked at the gate with the boarding door open; or during extensive ground delays, while the aircraft is parked at or away from the gate.
TRUE FALSE
True
Earphones connected to a PED (e.g. MP3) must not be worn for walking on the ramp, during boarding/deplaning, taxi, take-off and landing since they could prevent passengers from hearing crew members’ instructions/ directives.
True False
True
(Chapter 3 - Security)
Improvised explosive devices can be assembled from components brought separately on to the aircraft.
TRUE FALSE
true
An explosion can only be initiated by mechanical energy.
TRUE FALSE
false
why …..
Regardless of the size and shape of a bomb, it must contain the following in order to function:
a) Power source
b) Initiator (detonator)
c) Explosive charge
Explosives can be disguised by moulding, and painted to resemble other objects such as toys or food.
TRUE FALSE
True
As a chemical/biological weapon would probably be disguised as a familiar item to avoid suspicion and detection, the more likely cause for aroused suspicion would be an item being “out of place.”
true or false
true
Passenger screening equipment is very effective at detecting small quantities of flammable liquids.
TRUE FALSE
false
why …..
A terrorist hijacker usually hijacks for personal gain, for example, the extortion of ransom for the release of passengers or the theft of high value cargo.
TRUE FALSE
false
During the custodial stage of a hijacking male passengers may experience depression, despair and self- hate, because they are unable to respond in a heroic fashion to the crisis. This is known as:
The John Wayne Syndrome
Initially, when the AIT enters the aircraft, everyone on board will be treated as a perpetrator.
TRUE FALSE
true
________________ is an international body given a general mandate to promote the safe and orderly growth of International Civil Aviation throughout the world.
ICAO - International Civil Aviation Organization
The government of Canada became a signatory to the 1944 Chicago Convention and subsequently incorporated provisions of other conventions into the Canadian legal system.
TRUE FALSE
false
why ….
________________ responded by defining hijacking and by rendering it a punishable offence.
The Hague Convention
The dramatic increase in hijackings – 6 in 1967, 35 in 1968, and 91 in 1969, demonstrated the need for the International Community to deal with the issue. The result was the “Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Seizure of Aircraft”, known as the Hague Convention, in December of 1970. While the Hague Convention was the first attempt at defining hijacking and requiring contracting States to render it a punishable offence, it did nothing to further define other specific unlawful acts directed towards civil aviation safety and security
Section 2 of the Criminal Code of Canada was amended to include “Pilot-in-Command” of an aircraft in the definition of a Peace Officer.
TRUE FALSE
true
________________ is the principle legal instrument/ document for ensuring aviation safety stating that the Minister of Transport is vested with the responsibility for regulation and supervision of civil aviation in Canada.
The Aeronautics Act