The Often Misunderstood Roles of a Airhostess

Majority of the passenger would have the impression that the cabin crews are provided by the airline to cater for the conform of the passengers. They would think that the crews main job is to serve the foods and drinks and to make the passengers comfortable for the long flight. Actually they are not too far out, for these are what a crew will do, but the actual reason, the official reason is, the main responsibility of the crews are to handle the safety of the passengers. The importance of this will be appreciated in the actual emergency situation.

The crews' actions in emergency situation can be viewed in detail in the training environment. Major airlines will normally have a purpose-built aircraft mock-up specifically for the purpose of training. To train the cabin crew on the emergency procedures, and to repeat the training until they know exactly what to do in emergency situation. The expansive mock-up should be able to simulate emergency situation, such as smoke in the cabin, crash landing on land and in the sea.

When the 'Captain' announced to prepare for crash landing, you could see the sudden transformation of the crews. The soft spoken smiling faces were replaced by a serious mode, and soft words changed commanding phases. Then the crash happened, you could hear the simulated sound from the loud speakers and sudden vibration of the aircraft. The lights suddenly went out and smoke started to fill up the cabin. The emergency exit light came out together with the floor evacuation light.

When the captain gave the evacuation order, the airhostess operated the aircraft door and the escape slide was deployed. Passengers were told to remain seated until told to deplane. Once the slide was fully deployed the same lady that was soft spoken was shouting at the passengers to quickly jump onto the slide. Some hesitant and had to "guide" to jump.

So, believe me, each of the cabin crew that you had flown with, had been trained and tested to handle this situation. The had been annually tested to ensure the capability. Only upon passing the test, the crew will receive the license to fly.