Survival for Aircrew

Sarah-Jane Prew has been a cabin safety consultant for a number of years, working as the Editor of her own newsletter, Cabin Safety Update as well as Co-Director of The Write Partnership. She has carried out consultancy and training with the airlines and has experience in a wide range of areas such as Crew Resource Management, hijack management, security, first aid, cabin accident investigation and cabin crew training. She has a wide range of experience of survival, having attended many courses and worked with many professional groups. Practical courses attended include open sea survival courses, underwater escape ’dunker’ courses, helicopter winching and desert survival courses. In producing this book she has attended courses and researched with, among others, the UK and US Coast Guards, the Royal National Lifeboat Institution, the Royal Navy, the Royal Air Force School of Combat Survival and the UK Department of Transport.

Contents: Survival - an introduction; The crew role - leadership in survival; Water survival - it can happen to you!; Ditching - how to prepare; Underwater escape In the water; Life raft management; Life raft Design and Equipment; First aid at sea; Signalling and rescue - at sea; Introduction - land survival; The desert; The jungle; The arctic; Lighting fires; First aid on land; Signalling and rescue on land; Conclusion; Index.