The Captain used to nominate our exits - after impact they may have done an alert/post-impact PA stating "attention, this is the captain, cabin crew expect [all/RH/LH/FWD/AFT] exits", followed shortly by "attention, this is the captain, evacuate [nominated] exits, [nominated] exits evacuate". The first (alert) PA may or may not be used, it could go immediately into the evacuation.
The alert/post-impact PA was recently changed to "attention, this is the captain, cabin crew to your stations", which actually means to check the exits near our relevant station. To initiate an evacuation they now simply state "attention, this is the captain, evacuate evacuate." Basically, the big change is the decision of what exits to utilise has shifted from the flight deck to the cabin crew.
Originally Posted by sprucegoose
How about the Brace commands, does your operation have crew ceasing them at the first sign of impact or when the aircraft comes to a stop. We have until stopped but if you are having a crash or non-normal event such as gear up, nobody will hear a damn thing and there is added risk of forward facing crew biting off a tongue in very high G forces.
30 seconds prior to impact the Captain will announce "attention, brace brace", to which the CC command "brace, brace, brace, heads down, stay down, heads down, stay down, heads down, stay down", before bracing. This allows us to get into our brace position prior to impact, and we remain silent until the aircraft completely stops. We then release ourselves and command "stay seated" until given indication to open our exits.
Originally Posted by Dixie
USA does not use NITS but instead uses NTSB, TEST or TESTS depending on the airline.
Ours used to be TESTO, recently changed to NITS.