Safety Techniques While Flying

By Joshua Wregglar

Everyone on the place, right from the air hostess to the pilot and co-pilot are responsible for the safety of the passenger. As the planes are expensive aircraft companies expect their staff to conduct themselves professionally and practice all techniques that would aid in ensuring the safety of passengers. Means to adopt safety measures to protect the passengers is the norm.


The pilot and the co-pilot are responsible in maintaining law and order while passengers are on a plane, thus ensuring that nobody gets hurt or injured. A course with regards to safety techniques while flying is given to all staff members by some airlines, including a reputed British airline. A variety of different drills like the smoking and fire drill, wet drills, door operation and slide descendants are practiced within the duration of the course, in order to arm the staff in case of a similar situation. All crew are given equipments, in case an emergency takes places. Life rafts and life jackets are given to the crew and they are asked to give all the passengers, the instructions on how to use them. They are trained in situations where the door of the airplane needs to be opened. Mock drills are practiced which instructs the crew how to practice safety techniques like removing and wearing oxygen masks. These instructions are promptly passed on to the passengers via the crew members.

Course like the Advanced Safety Management System for airlines course is designed in such a way so as to prepare people especially for the purpose of ensuring safety. Modern technology and communication skills are harnessed, thus assuring the safety of passengers. The intention behind imparting these skills is to avert any precarious situations and reducing costs. Many precautionary measures are taken and many things are learned from previous incidents. The ACAS (Airborne Collision Avoidance System) and the T-CAS (Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance Systems) are some of the standard systems followers to avoid two planes from clashing into one another, in midair. The course provides details in depth about specific procedures of pilot control, various case studies that are helpful in ensuring safety.

Ground staff is also imparted the skills and techniques necessary for safety on the ground. The safety measures for ground staff include improvement in signaling during adverse climatic conditions, the marking of zones, and the segregation of danger zones and preventing breakout of fire. They are also assigned with the responsibility of first aid training, fire action and protection, maintaining hygienic conditions along with keeping a well connected communication system. This course is vital, as there are instances where the ground staff is in a position to help, but they are handicapped due to lack of training. The advantages of the course include minimizing the risk of accidents, and training staff about the security measures.

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