Originally Posted by
Atlantic Explorer
Given the description of the event above, very disappointing to see Cabin Crew wandering around with no smoke hood on. Is that not a mandatory SOP when smoke in the cabin?
It may be but IMHO we need to be careful not to stray into vaguely "magenta line" territory ( as in "unthinking obedience to SOPs,")..
TBH there are times where sometimes crew have to think outside the box for the sake of everybodies safety...if in their judgement wearing a smoke hood could have seriously hampered efforts to observe/communicate/lead/open doors/evacuate passengers I'd personally cut the cabin crew some slack, certainly until I'd seen a full report on what they were dealing with.