Originally Posted by
Pickuptruck
I would suspect it was supposed to be a precautionary evacuation via the slides since it would take too long to taxi to the gate or get stairs to the plane. But the method of use of the slides got lost in translation and it became an emergency evac. The industry doesn’t put enough training into communication between the flight and cabin crew.
When QF did them.it was trained and it was clear. PA was to be made the script was something along the lines of "This is the captain, due to XYZ it is necessary to disembark the aircraft. At this time slides/stairs will be used (on the RHS/LHS/all available). Leave everything and follow the instructions of the cabin crew. Cabin crew Arm/Disarm Doors and cross check" or words to that effect
Evacuation was trained that the first you knew was "evacuate evacuate evacuate" and/or tEEtevac signal.on the A330.
PD was clear, but I'm guessing legal department figured out that it could go pear shaped and better to just throw everyone off if in doubt.
When did they remove precautionary from procedure out of curiosity? Been out of the Oz scene for a while now