Safety Study - Airline Passenger Safety Education: A Review of Methods Used to Present Safety Information

摘要

The study provides a comprehensive review of accidents, Safety Board recommendations, earlier studies, the chronology of FAA rulemaking actions, and attempts by the industry to improve the passenger safety information. Additionally, the flight attendant oral briefings, demonstrations, safety cards and videotaped briefings are compared to FAA and industry recommended guidelines to determine how well these guidelines are being followed. The study represents a systematic review and comparison of the four briefing methods and makes subjective observations as to the apparent efficacy of each method. Twelve new recommendations are made to the FAA, and three to the airline industry. Three previous recommendations are reiterated to the FAA.