BY: SAM SALLAM FIHSTAYIN’ ALIVE

Air safety for air travelers and hotel safety

What is the difference between flying and staying in a hotel?

A. When flying:When you are travelling by air, there is very strict

regulation and legislation concerning passenger safety.

Demonstrations before take off takes place by the cabin crew showing the exits also all life safety requirements as well as videos.

Detailed information and instruction is also found in the seats in front of every passenger.

Exits are marked clearly and in case of an emergency and darkness there is floor and ceiling guided lights to exits.

B. When you are staying in a hotel:No demonstration is given when you check

in.It depends on your luck if you are staying

with a known chain or not.It depends on the city and country.It depends how the policies for safety are

enforced.It depends on the ownership and

management understanding of the seriousness of fire and emergencies.

What is the difference between flying and staying in a hotel?

What is the difference between flying and staying in a hotel?

What is the difference between flying and staying in a hotel?

What is the difference between flying and staying in a hotel?

What is the difference between flying and staying in a hotel?

Fact Sheet – Stayin’ Alive: the FAA and Aircraft Evacuations

For Immediate ReleaseMarch 24, 2006Contact: Les Dorr, Jr. Phone: (202) 267-3883 (202) 267-3883

The following release is contributed to Les Dorr, Jr.

Fact Sheet – Stayin’ Alive: the FAA and Aircraft Evacuations

By: Les Dorr, Jr.

The Key to SurvivalIt’s rare that passengers have to evacuate a commercial

airliner in an emergency, but when it’s necessary, they must do it as quickly and as efficiently as possible.

Before airliners receive Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) certification, the manufacturer must prove that passengers can exit the aircraft quickly enough to comply with regulations. And over the years, the agency has upgraded cabin safety requirements to make it more likely that passengers will survive an aviation accident. Most U.S. commercial airplanes have numerous FAA-required features— such as floor path emergency lighting, fire-resistant seat cushions, low heat and smoke release cabin materials, and improved cabin insulation — to give passengers and crew enough time to make a speedy evacuation.

Passing the TestFAA certification requirements on emergency

evacuations are relatively simple, and are intended to ensure that airplane design and crew training provide a consistent level of safety across all the airplane models in the commercial fleet.

Federal regulations specify that the manufacturer of an airplane with more than 44 passenger seats must show that the maximum number of crew and passengers can evacuate the airplane under simulated emergency conditions within a time specified in the regulations. An actual full-scale demonstration is required unless the applicant can demonstrate to the satisfaction of the FAA that a combination of tests and analysis will yield equivalent data.

Fact Sheet – Stayin’ Alive: the FAA and Aircraft Evacuations

By: Les Dorr, Jr.

Passing the TestThe regulations also spell out detailed conditions

under which a full-scale evacuation demonstration must take place. They specify things such as the lighting conditions, configuration of the aircraft and the age and gender mix of passengers. One of the most important conditions is that the passengers must be “naïve”, i.e., they may not have not participated in a similar type of demonstration for at least six months.

When the evacuation begins, the test passengers are directed to exit the plane just as they would in an actual emergency. The evacuation time period is up when the last person (passenger or crew member) has left the airplane and is on the ground.

Fact Sheet – Stayin’ Alive: the FAA and Aircraft Evacuations

By: Les Dorr, Jr.

Researching SurvivalSince the 1960s, the FAA’s Civil Aerospace Medical

Institute (CAMI) in Oklahoma City, OK, has been recognized as a world-renowned center for research on technical issues and human behavior associated with emergency aircraft evacuations.

CAMI’s Cabin Safety Research Team supports FAA regulatory and airworthiness functions through studies on seating density, exit size and location, passenger flow rates through exits and flight attendant behavior. The studies are done using an aircraft cabin evacuation facility and human research subjects. For the future, a Boeing 747 evacuation facility is coming on line to enhance the study of exit problems encountered on larger aircraft with higher door sill heights and multiple aisles.

Fact Sheet – Stayin’ Alive: the FAA and Aircraft Evacuations

By: Les Dorr, Jr.

Improvements to Cabin SafetyA number of FAA-mandated improvements to cabin safety are designed to give passengers and crew more time to evacuate an airliner. Some examples are:

Seat cushions: Air carriers had until Nov. 1987 to comply with a new regulation that required the installation of new fire-blocking layers on aircraft seat cushions. Air carriers replaced 650,000 foam seat cushions on the U.S. fleet. FAA research found that the new material did a better job retarding burning and provided 40 to 60 seconds of additional time for aircraft evacuation. All existing seats in the U.S. fleet meet the improved standards.

Fact Sheet – Stayin’ Alive: the FAA and Aircraft Evacuations

By: Les Dorr, Jr.

Improvements to Cabin Safety /continued/ Floor lighting: By 1986, the U.S. commercial

fleet was retrofitted with floor proximity lighting, marking the completion of a two-year compliance schedule. Since smoke rises and can obscure overhead lighting, the FAA determined that floor lighting could improve the evacuation rate by 20 percent under certain conditions.

Improved interior materials: In 1985, the FAA developed a new test standard for aircraft ceilings, walls, overhead bins and partitions. The agency required that all commercial aircraft built after Aug. 20, 1988 have panels with reduced heat and smoke emissions, delaying the onset of a fire “flashover.” Although there was no retrofit of the existing fleet, the FAA requires that these improved materials be used during major cabin refurbishment.

Fact Sheet – Stayin’ Alive: the FAA and Aircraft Evacuations

By: Les Dorr, Jr.

Preparing to land during an emergency

Hard facts

Airlines are prepared and ready for emergencies due to strict regulations and legislations worldwide.

Hotels are not.Airlines have clear compensation in case of

death or injury. Ruled by IATA and Warsaw Convention.

Hotels are depending on the chains the countries and the local readiness of cities.

Airlines have all the emergencies posted and clear.

The hotels do not do the same.

What to do to improve this situation

As a hotelier of 45 years, I am taking a crusade and a mission to enforce that hotels will become as close as possible in their regulation as to the airlines.

Every hotel has to do either a lobby demo or a video running 24/7 in the lobby area to show exactly the particular emergency exits and fire plan.

Each guest checking in will be handed a card showing what to do in case of fire or evacuation.

All hotel staff has to be trained as per the next presentation on fire and safety.

Saving livesBy: Sam Sallam

One life saved is a fulfillment of the responsibility of ownership and management.

One life saved bring back a father, a mother or a child to their family. The smiles you see when people meet again is worth all the money in the world.