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A flight attendant performing cabin safety checks on a domestic A319 notices one of the passenger door slide pack's is placarded as a slide/raft. Their new flight attendant manual does not distinguish between a single-lane slide used on domestic routes and a dual-lane slide for overwater; even though procedures for when to deploy and after deployment are different.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 967444 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201108 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Place | |
| Locale Reference | ZZZ.Airport |
| State Reference | US |
| Environment | |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | A319 |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Parked |
| Component | |
| Aircraft Component | Exterior Pax/Crew Door |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Flight Attendant (On Duty) |
| Qualification | Flight Attendant Current |
| Experience | Flight Attendant Total 20 |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Aircraft Equipment Problem Critical Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy |
Narrative:
The A319 is a domestic aircraft. Therefore it should be equipped with a slide (as opposed to a slide/raft). The placard on door 2-R (right) said it was a slide/raft. Nowhere in the flight attendant manual (fam) does it state that there could be a slide/raft on a domestic airplane. The slide/raft does even more than a slide so it would not have a negative effect in the event of an evacuation. However; since there is not supposed to be a slide/raft [installed]; it makes me wonder if the placard is wrong and there is actually only a slide. If there is only a slide; yet it is placarded as a slide/raft; then does that mean that maintenance does not know the difference between a slide and a slide/raft? If they don't know the difference; then does that mean that there are overwater qualified aircraft flying around with only [standard] slides; when they should have slide/rafts?
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A Flight Attendant performing Cabin Safety Checks on a domestic A319 notices one of the passenger door slide pack's is placarded as a Slide/Raft. Their new Flight Attendant Manual does not distinguish between a Single-lane slide used on Domestic routes and a Dual-lane slide for Overwater; even though procedures for when to deploy and after deployment are different.
Narrative: The A319 is a domestic aircraft. Therefore it should be equipped with a Slide (as opposed to a Slide/Raft). The placard on Door 2-R (Right) said it was a Slide/Raft. Nowhere in the Flight Attendant Manual (FAM) does it state that there could be a Slide/Raft on a domestic airplane. The Slide/Raft does even more than a slide so it would not have a negative effect in the event of an evacuation. However; since there is not supposed to be a Slide/Raft [installed]; it makes me wonder if the placard is wrong and there is actually only a slide. If there is only a slide; yet it is placarded as a Slide/Raft; then does that mean that Maintenance does not know the difference between a slide and a Slide/Raft? If they don't know the difference; then does that mean that there are Overwater qualified aircraft flying around with only [Standard] slides; when they should have Slide/Rafts?
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of April 2012 and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.