Safe to fly...

Safety training finished yesterday with an afternoon in the pool going over post-ditching procedures. Safety training for pilots isn't as thorough as for cabin crew, but we still need to know how to evacuate, fight fires, use oxygen and what the cabin crew will be doing to deal with whatever situations they face. I found my 3 days worth unpleasantly difficult so I really feel for the poor girls (and a few guys) who have over 2 weeks worth.

Another part of the safety training is company policy which is very relevant to pilots. Items such as maximum invalid passengers or infants we can carry, company procedure for dealing with ... security sensitive ... situations, procures for fuelling with passengers on board and/or engines running (I'd like to see the latter happen in H&S minded Europe), etc. Training completes with an exam which must be passed with 90% or better.

Training continues - how to talk to customers today, dangerous goods tomorrow then first aid and CRM next week...

S.