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Hi guys (and gals!),
An increasing problem that we are coming across on board the aircraft is crew tripping over things in darkened cabins. Basically when the lights are turned down at night there is no light at all (apart from any passenger reading lights that happen to be on) so crew can't see what is ahead of them in the aisles.
We're trying to come up with some solutions and I'd like to know if any of your companies issue you with torches or have any measures to minimise the risks involved in night cabin patrols?
Thanks a million!
A-Bird
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An increasing problem that we are coming across on board the aircraft is crew tripping over things in darkened cabins. Basically when the lights are turned down at night there is no light at all (apart from any passenger reading lights that happen to be on) so crew can't see what is ahead of them in the aisles.
We're trying to come up with some solutions and I'd like to know if any of your companies issue you with torches or have any measures to minimise the risks involved in night cabin patrols?
Thanks a million!
A-Bird
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Don't think this is a real issue at my work place.
If the cabin lights are turned down they are usually done to their penultimate setting so that there is sufficient ambient light remaining for safe travel within the cabin. After all the airline does issue sleep masks for a reason.
On landing/take off at night they will normally be turned down to the lowest setting to ensure rapid acclimatisation to outside lighting conditions in the event of an evactuation.
You may want to post this in the Cabin crew forum as they'll tell you if its an issue or not.
If the cabin lights are turned down they are usually done to their penultimate setting so that there is sufficient ambient light remaining for safe travel within the cabin. After all the airline does issue sleep masks for a reason.
On landing/take off at night they will normally be turned down to the lowest setting to ensure rapid acclimatisation to outside lighting conditions in the event of an evactuation.
You may want to post this in the Cabin crew forum as they'll tell you if its an issue or not.
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On landing/take off at night they will normally be turned down to the lowest setting to ensure rapid acclimatisation to outside lighting conditions in the event of an evactuation.