Air Hostess Training Video

I include a video taken from Northwest Airlines Flight Attendant training. I cannot help to notice the same wordings are used by airlines throughout the world, even the tone is almost the same, the timing is similar.

In some airlines the training for cabin crews are done by two groups of people. One group is concerned about the services while the other is on the safety aspect of the job.

In my previous airline, the service elements were conducted by cabin crew department and the safety by the safety training. The safety training is similar for both the pilots and the cabin crew, and has to be tested annually. Failing the safety training after 2 attempts will get you grounded.

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.

Airhostess Training in CA

Continental Airlines Flight Attendant Training, Houston






I had selected a video, from Youtube, giving some idea of the trainings that a crew has to undergo before graduating and flying with the aircraft. Cabin crews are A MUST all flight carrying passengers, immaterial if it is a commercial flight or a free flight. The number of crew required will depends on factors such as the number of passenger. For whatever reasons, if the number of cabin crews is reduced, you may have to reduce the number of passengers.

The official reason you need the crew is for safety reasons. This part, a crew has to get 100% mark. The video shows some trainings related to the safety aspect of the operation.

* Operating the door and deploy the slide/raft.
* Practice the jumping onto the escape slide/ managing your passengers.Notice the safety nets on the side, only in training environment.
* Control and extinguishing of fire
* The services training , serving the food and beverage.
* Wet Drill, jumping into the water with full uniform (not in video)

The video ended showing an aircraft with full passenger taking off.
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