An in-flight smoke or fire event is an emergency unlike almost any other. The early cues for un-alerted conditions, such as air conditioning smoke or fire, are often ambiguous and elusive. The checklists crews use for these conditions must help them respond quickly and effectively and must guide their decisions. Ten years ago an industry committee developed a template to guide the content of Part 121 checklists for un-alerted smoke and fire events. This template is based upon a new philosophy about how crews should use the checklists and respond to the events. To determine the degree to which current un-alerted checklists of in-flight smoke or fire comply or are consistent with the guidance outlined in the template, I collected and analysed checklists from North American air carriers.


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    Title :

    Un-Alerted Smoke and Fire: Checklist Content and Intended Crew Response


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    International Symposium on Aviation Psychology ; 2015 ; Dayton, OH, United States


    Publication date :

    2015-05-04


    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    No indication


    Language :

    English