Plagiarism
 

I don't often post here but I recently heard that a candidate for a LCC was let go from the cabin crew course because he questioned the origin of the safety manuals as they didn't match any of the planes they were likely to work on for example the proceedures referred to four doors and the carrier only had two door planes, also they referred to curtains whereas none were fitted.
Is this the norm or has this person sprung the carrier?
Should anybody be informed if he has?

Only 2 LCC's in Oz - not sure of one operating aeroplanes with only 2 doors?? DJ operate B737 (4 full size floor level doors), JQ operate A320's (4 full size floor level doors). Sounds like a wind up, but more info definately required.

Sorry

should have stipulated. This happened in the UK.

While this is very frequent in the charter and commuter operations in Canada, I have yet to see an airline manual which was not purpose built by the airline. Though maybe things are different with the less reputable LCCs.

Happens all the time in charter ops. All the time.

...not just charter outfits... everywhere :}

Wrong emergency cards...
 

Few years ago, Aerolineas Argentinas briefly leased a Varig 747-300 during peak traffic of the year... Of course the emergency briefing card were Varig, so did not fit to our operations... We replaced them with our own 747-200 cards... suitable name... but the upper deck exits are... quite different... It took some 2 weeks until the proper cards were printed...
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Funny thing is, when our first 747-400 was delivered, they did reuse the old stock of 747-300 cards... Except for the designation 300 vs. 400, the exits were at least correct in number and location...
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Happy contrails

Plagiarism
 

I spent several years as a Training Manager with a specific brief to write the technical manuals for the particular operation of the Company. These covered everything from the DC-6 and Electra to the A300-600. Whilst it is inevitable that some of the information would be the same as included in the Manufacturers Manuals, I always felt that a rewrite (still holding essential information) was more "user friendly". Without being too smug about it, I was congratulated by two different directors on producing a "probably the best manual " that they had ever seen.
So what I am trying to say is that whatever you call it, some plagiarism is inevitable BUT how you say those "essential" facts, makes the difference.
What I couldn't understand (a couple of years ago) is why one aircraft I travelled on carried the flight safety card for a totally different aircraft.

As they say in the groves of academe, copying from one source is plagiarism, copying from two or more is research. When European Aviation Air Charter was set up, its manuals bore a surprising resemblance to those of Dan-Air, even including the curiously termed Pedants' Corner. Plus ca change.

When I worked for Orion Airways I was tasked with producing a specific charter contract form for the airline. The existing one was seen as a bit simplistic. Whilst carefully checking out the Terms and Conditions on the back, I was surprised to find a clause that read 'The carrier will be Britannia Airways'. A bit of a goof in the original proof-reading!