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Less attendants a safety concern?
With the Easter holidays a lot of people have been flying around
Australia in the past few days and that gives added impetus – if needed
– to some disturbing news about airline safety that has come to my
attention.
You would think that after 9-11, and the shoe bomber and the underpants
bomber, that airlines and the aviation authorities would be doing more
and more to make life safer in the air.
People have accepted that you can’t take nail clippers and bottles of
perfume on board in your hand luggage any more. We have our hand
luggage x-rayed and soon will be having full body scans.
Fair enough. These are tough and dangerous times. But has anybody told the civil aviation authority, CASA?
It is trying to ram through legislation that will permit commercial
airlines to have fewer flight attendants on domestic flights. Right now
the ratio is one flight attendant for every 36 passengers. They want
one attendant for 50 passengers on planes carrying up to 216 people.
The flight crews are angry. And understandably so. It’s not just passenger safety they are concerned about … it’s their own.
They are not trolley dollies or glorified waiters in the sky. They are
there to save lives in am emergency. It’s all very well for flight
simulators and mock drills to show planes can be emptied safely and
quickly. But try it with panicked passengers. A mother with a baby.
Or a fat person blocking an exit row. Different story.
The flight attendants rightly claim that having one less crew member
on board means one less trained professional that the cabin crew relies
on and the passengers depend on. They are the last line of defence in
an increasingly dangerous job.
I thought it would be the airlines pushing for these changes but
apparently not—although some airlines have been given exemptions from
the 1-to-36 ratio.
This standard has been in operation for 50 years. It was reviewed by
the Federal Parliament as recently as 2003 any changes were rejected.
So, if it aint broke why fix it?
To make things worse: today is the deadline for public submissions. You can still lodge a protest at
But hurry. You pay enough for your airline seat. You should expect it
to be the safest seat the airlines and the airline watchdog can
provide. And that’s not asking for much.
Blog comments
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Safety verses costs is it a comprise or rather a serious legal eventuality.As a technical person it is cabin crew I quote in the Qantas Welcome Video"remember the cabin crew are here to look after you so follow their instructions".Please I ask of you are we willing to take the risk.........
Roy Netto Thursday 8 April, 2010 - 9:11 AM -
My wife is a flight attendant of just over 10 years with our major carrier. To say she and others are concerned and angry is an understatement.
This change applies to all single aisle domestic aircraft - the type that is used in the majority of short haul flights in this country.
Of the greatest concern is that on some aircraft this proposal would mean only 3 flight attendants on a 4 door craft. So, who cares right? Well, in an emergency the flying public should. Who is going to arm the unmanned door to release the slide? Who will assist in orderly evacuation on that door if needed?
Further, to those who complain about service now on domestic carriers - wait and see what happens now on short hop flights (ie those less than one hour). Up to 1/3 of passengers will miss out on service. CASA has attempted to sneak this in under the radar. Shame, shame, shame. Serrious noise needs to be made on CASA breaching the "S" in its acronym.
Justin Wednesday 7 April, 2010 - 6:53 AM
