Opening cabin door with engine running
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You say that. The FA's open/close , arm/disarm the doors day in day out. I arm/disarm the doors once every three years on a line check.
Hmmm.... Surely your airline has protocol for these situations? Mine does. Don't most moderns airliners have indicators inte flight deck anyway if all doors are armed or not?
Scenario: During pushback cabin crew tells you they can not arm 1 slide.
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I've opened a door (A330) and had a door opened (B744) several times after push back, its always been FOD in the girt bar brackets preventing the respective slide being armed. I've even got photos in my phone to show the F/O where and what to look for, as said its not something we do regularly.
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There will always be some different opinions about this.
I'm guessing you just have to weigh the pros / cons.
One would be tempted to just have someone open the door and have a look for foreign object. Saves the "hassle" of request to return and have the engineer sign it off for a "simple" foreign object found under seal.
The chances of someone actually fall off while the parked aircraft door is being opened (plz no crazy stunts like opening a door while u still being pushed) is very remote but can't be totally disregarded. Not to mention it might not go down too well with the reporters (if any are onboard).
At the end of the day, that's why they pay captain a huge salary to make the calls. It's not just "my radios, read ecam" everytime.
I'm guessing you just have to weigh the pros / cons.
One would be tempted to just have someone open the door and have a look for foreign object. Saves the "hassle" of request to return and have the engineer sign it off for a "simple" foreign object found under seal.
The chances of someone actually fall off while the parked aircraft door is being opened (plz no crazy stunts like opening a door while u still being pushed) is very remote but can't be totally disregarded. Not to mention it might not go down too well with the reporters (if any are onboard).
At the end of the day, that's why they pay captain a huge salary to make the calls. It's not just "my radios, read ecam" everytime.
Last edited by Neupielot; 18th Nov 2012 at 01:29.
