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Sunday, January 23, 2011

Safety Training in Airlines

By Joshua Wregglar

As the saying goes, the safety of the airline lies with the crew itself starting from the pilots and co pilots stewards attendants, everybody has a definite responsibility in adopting the safety measures to secure their lives and that of the passengers.

The main responsibility of the safety lies on the pilots and basic safety training is always provided to them to fly safely. A renowned UK airline provides one day safety training to guide through the basic rules of safety. The cabin safety training package offers the crew in fire and smoke training, wet drills, slide descents and door operation. The training equips the whole flight and cabin crew to tackle all sorts of emergency situations using advanced fixed and in motion simulators. Realistic fire and smoke training is provided as well as with smoke chamber and fire ground Wet Drills cover all the preliminary training with life jackets and life rafts and in water operations. Door operations include the opening and the use of emergency exit doors required in situations. Use of oxygen masks and helping the passengers in critical situations are carried out by the mock drills in controlled environment.

The course of Advanced Safety Management System for Airlines is designed in such a way to train specially for the safety specialist and persons of senior management cadre, so that there is remarkable improvement in the safety management systems using modern communication systems and technologies. It trains in improving the risk management abilities through advanced techniques and plan for better cost effective measures. This also trains to develop a strategic communication system through a safety communication program. Planning strategies in risk management both in the qualitative and quantitative manner is another important feature of this safety training course. Thorough investigation and analyzing previous incidents, latest precautionary measures can be adopted.

Special training is provided to the pilots and the air traffic controllers to avoid air-borne collisions. In this 5-daytraining course of ACAS (Airborne Collision Avoidance System) and T-CAS (Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System) enables them to get a full understanding of ACAS in international standards, clearly understanding the operational procedures of the air traffic controller and the pilots providing necessary feedback. The course offers different case studies, specific procedures of pilot and air traffic controller and the situational awareness of the pilot and the controller.

Training for basic airside safety is also imparted to the ground staff and other persons handling the airline operations. This includes the marking of danger zones, improving the signaling in adverse climatic conditions, maintaining proper traffic rules at the ramp, instant reporting of an accident, preventing fire breakouts, first aid training, fire protection and fire action, proper health conditions of the staff and maintain a well communicating system. The course is four hours duration but have multi benefits like refreshing safety training skills of the staff, minimizing the accidents and other damages in the ramp and training fresh staffs.
Other safety training courses are also provided in creating safety awareness, handling cargo etc. to keep the airlines free from any disasters without compromising in profit margins.
Safety media sell a huge range of health and safety products such as posters, DVD's, leaflets and equipment. They have everything you need to carry out safety training.

1 comment:

  1. The good thing about safety programs such as osha 10 hour training is that they can be applicable to almost any kind of workplace. I'm pretty sure OSHA has got some training and safety guidelines for airports and airlines as well.

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