Job Well Done
ARLINGTON (theHub.com) - Congratulations to the Inflight Training and Systems Department and the MidAtlantic Inflight Training Team for their work in achieving a successful mini-evacuation of the Embraer-170 aircraft. Yesterday's important success is the first part of the demonstration phase of the aircraft certification. The mini-evacuation took place at Hangar 7 in Pittsburgh, and was accomplished on the first try.
"This is only the second time in my career during which the mini evacuation demonstration was successfully completed on the first try," said Director Air Traffic Control & Airfield Operations and project manager Jim Frazier. "Congratulations to all of the crewmembers, especially the flight attendants, as the successful completion of the evacuation demonstration is 99 percent the results of efforts of the cabin staff. Very well done," he said.
Yesterday's exercise was intended to demonstrate the effectiveness of Flight and Inflight procedures and training. US Airways provided a pool of flight attendants, from which the FAA randomly selected participants. Congratulations to MidAtlantic Captains Tony Mangus and Dean Colello, and to MidAtlantic flight attendants Mike Donovan and Patty Kopelak, for their contributions. These crewmembers successfully accomplished the mini-evacuation on behalf of US Airways and MidAtlantic. Frazier also acknowledges the preparation of Captain Rebecca Bermann and flight attendants Christine Bryant; Lisa Fleischer; Lisa Hill; Brandon Kohler; Cathy Otto; Robert Owen; James Rhoades; Bobbie Riggle; Julia Slotter and Corrine Traber who were ready to participate, if needed.
The final phase of certification is a series of proving test flights, called proving runs, which will begin on Monday, March 22, and conclude on Monday, March 29. Frazier will oversee this phase of the certification as well during which the FAA will inspect all aspects of aircraft operations, including station operations, passenger cabin requirements, maintenance and cockpit procedures. The proving run schedule includes flights to various cities in the US Airways system, including Pittsburgh, Boston, Atlanta, Houston, Syracuse, Nashville, Albany, Newark Philadelphia and Kansas City. After the successful completion of the proving runs, the FAA will add the aircraft to the US Airways' operations specification enabling entry into passenger service on April 4.
Respectfully,
USA320Pilot
ARLINGTON (theHub.com) - Congratulations to the Inflight Training and Systems Department and the MidAtlantic Inflight Training Team for their work in achieving a successful mini-evacuation of the Embraer-170 aircraft. Yesterday's important success is the first part of the demonstration phase of the aircraft certification. The mini-evacuation took place at Hangar 7 in Pittsburgh, and was accomplished on the first try.
"This is only the second time in my career during which the mini evacuation demonstration was successfully completed on the first try," said Director Air Traffic Control & Airfield Operations and project manager Jim Frazier. "Congratulations to all of the crewmembers, especially the flight attendants, as the successful completion of the evacuation demonstration is 99 percent the results of efforts of the cabin staff. Very well done," he said.
Yesterday's exercise was intended to demonstrate the effectiveness of Flight and Inflight procedures and training. US Airways provided a pool of flight attendants, from which the FAA randomly selected participants. Congratulations to MidAtlantic Captains Tony Mangus and Dean Colello, and to MidAtlantic flight attendants Mike Donovan and Patty Kopelak, for their contributions. These crewmembers successfully accomplished the mini-evacuation on behalf of US Airways and MidAtlantic. Frazier also acknowledges the preparation of Captain Rebecca Bermann and flight attendants Christine Bryant; Lisa Fleischer; Lisa Hill; Brandon Kohler; Cathy Otto; Robert Owen; James Rhoades; Bobbie Riggle; Julia Slotter and Corrine Traber who were ready to participate, if needed.
The final phase of certification is a series of proving test flights, called proving runs, which will begin on Monday, March 22, and conclude on Monday, March 29. Frazier will oversee this phase of the certification as well during which the FAA will inspect all aspects of aircraft operations, including station operations, passenger cabin requirements, maintenance and cockpit procedures. The proving run schedule includes flights to various cities in the US Airways system, including Pittsburgh, Boston, Atlanta, Houston, Syracuse, Nashville, Albany, Newark Philadelphia and Kansas City. After the successful completion of the proving runs, the FAA will add the aircraft to the US Airways' operations specification enabling entry into passenger service on April 4.
Respectfully,
USA320Pilot
