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Old 21st Mar 2008, 05:38
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For all the others, the B737 has no recall items for an evacuation checklist.
And that is the checklist to call for in case of on-ground fire.
Captain calls for checklist and acts
First Officer reads and confirms action

My understanding is while certainly the captain calls for the Evacuation checklist the specific actions are carried out in the particular pilot area of responsibility. Thus the first officer selects the flap lever to 40, and selects the standby power switch to battery, opens the outflow valve, pulls the engine and APU fire switches and the captains actions are set park brake, place speed brake lever down, cuts the start levers and directs the F/O to advise the tower. I must say in the simulator we see an inordinate delay before the evacuation order is finally given because of the absence of Recall Items. Just a lot of reading going on while all hell breaks out down the back.
I wonder why Boeing switched from perfectly understandable Recall immediate actions to a casual wait while the first officer reads through the Evacuation checklist step by step.
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