Ditching Quiz

When do you inflate your life vest at an over wing exit?

• As you are approaching the exit

• Once outside the aircraft

• Immediately after you don

• Once you are in the aircraft

Planned Ditching Checklist: Only FA1 dons their life vest during STEP 2. When will ALL OTHER flight attendants don their life vests?

• With FA in STEP 2

• After entering the raft

• While in the aisle during the cabin prep demo on STEP 4

• During the ABP briefing in STEP 5

In a ditching, which floatation devices are available to passengers and crew?

• Only life vests

• Life vests, slides / slide rafts, rafts, and seat bottom cushions on certain aircraft

• Only slides / slide rafts

• Only rafts

Where are crew life vests located?

• Demo bag

• Flight attendant service kit (FASK)

• At each jumpseat

• FWD galley closet

Which barriers will flight attendants use to prepare crew, passengers, and the cabin for a ditching.

• Planned Ditching Checklist

• Exit Assignment Chart

• Planned Emergency Checklist

• Planned Ditching Checklist & Raft / Exit Assignment Chart

Which exits will be used in a water landing?

• All exits above the waterline

• Only overwinter window exits

• Only door exits

• All exits

When should a dye marker be deployed?

• Once in the water

• After removal of survival kit items

• When rescue is imminent

• If it begins raining

Approximately how long does a flare last?

• 5 seconds

• 10 seconds

• 15 seconds

• 30 seconds

What piece of equipment would NOT be used for protection in a ditching?

• Bailing Bucket

• Canopy

• Canopy support rods

• First aid kit

Once in the water during a ditching, which heat escape lessening position would a GROUP of people perform to stay warm?

• Heat position

• Huddle position

• Rescue position

• Protective position