November 2, 2013

So apparently, we will be working in the flight simulators a lot during the next week or two.  I’m so happy for that!  The 13 hour days in the class room were Killing me!  Today we did fire, cabin depressurization, crew incapacitation, and turbulence.  We talked through different situations and went on the simulator to practice a few of them.  A lot of our materials for the next week or two will involve emergency situations, hence my post about “What are Flight Attendants For?”. 

 I was a little disappointed about the fire training.  I pictured us running through burning aircraft in full fire fighters outfits and spraying flames.  In my head, it was similar to an intense game of paintball…. out in a sand pit, with giant fire extinguishers and trying not to get scorched by all the flames.  Much to my disappointment, the “fire pit” was an area around the ‘pool’ with a small electric fire and extinguishers filled with water.  Each person spent about 2 minutes putting out the fake flames.  Bummer.  I guess if there were an aircraft fire, I couldn’t be all Extinguisher Rambo, like I expected. 

Tomorrow, we have exams on Fire and Decompression in the simulator and then a computer based test on the other materials we covered.  Guess I should start studying.