Hi there,
Question for those flying 737s.
I am currently working at a new airline in South America as Supervisor for Cabin Crew.
Today one of the captains decided that all the Cabin Attendants should learn how to shut off the engines in case of an emergency landing or reject take-off, when both captains are incapacitated, before we can initiate the evacuation!!!!
I have done some research (Boeing and a friend of mine working at Continental airlines as Safety VP) and it seems that nobody in the industry is doing that (I have been flying for 18 years - mainly in Asia - and had never heard such a weird idea!). It seems that shutting off the engines is not as simple as that capt. was putting it, involving more complications.
Is anybody out there following such a procedure? Are you trained to shut off engines?????
Thanks for your constructive replies.