Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2015
City
Dayton
Abstract
An in-flight smoke or fire event is an emergency unlike almost any other. The early cues for un-alerted conditions, such as air conditioning smoke or fire, are often ambiguous and elusive. The checklists crews use for these conditions must help them respond quickly and effectively and must guide their decisions. Ten years ago an industry committee developed a template to guide the content of Part 121 checklists for un-alerted smoke and fire events. This template is based upon a new philosophy about how crews should use the checklists and respond to the events. To determine the degree to which current un-alerted checklists of in-flight smoke or fire comply or are consistent with the guidance outlined in the template, I collected and analysed checklists from North American air carriers.
Repository Citation
Burian, B. K.
(2015). Un-Alerted Smoke and Fire: Checklist Content and Intended Crew Response. 18th International Symposium on Aviation Psychology, 360-365.
https://corescholar.libraries.wright.edu/isap_2015/46
