safety & Jetstar

[ceebeaton]

Can someone confirm whether the cabin crew are supposed to reconfirm your willingness & ability to assist in an emergency when seated in the emergency seating rows?
I understood both the ticket counter staff & cabin crew are supposed to brief you on your responsibilities in an emergency.

[Heathrow Harry]

some airlines do - some don't ..... in fact it seems more to lie with individual crews as far as I have seen

[DaveReidUK]

From FAR 121:

(a)(1) Each certificate holder shall determine, to the extent necessary to perform the applicable functions of paragraph (d) of this section, the suitability of each person it permits to occupy an exit seat, in accordance with this section.(d) Each certificate holder shall include on passenger information cards, presented in the language in which briefings and oral commands are given by the crew, at each exit seat affected by this section, information that, in the event of an emergency in which a crewmember is not available to assist, a passenger occupying an exit seat may use if called upon to perform the following functions:

(1) Locate the emergency exit;

(2) Recognize the emergency exit opening mechanism;

(3) Comprehend the instructions for operating the emergency exit;

(4) Operate the emergency exit;

(5) Assess whether opening the emergency exit will increase the hazards to which passengers may be exposed;

(6) Follow oral directions and hand signals given by a crewmember;

(7) Stow or secure the emergency exit door so that it will not impede use of the exit;

(8) Assess the condition of an escape slide, activate the slide, and stabilize the slide after deployment to assist others in getting off the slide;

(9) Pass expeditiously through the emergency exit; and

(10) Assess, select, and follow a safe path away from the emergency exit.

Edit: not that Jetstar are subject to FARs, of course, but look for something similar in Australian regs.