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Question about Aer Lingus job advert

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  • #2
    Bsal
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,780 ✭✭✭Bsal


    In the event the aircraft needs to ditch in the water the cabin crew need to be able to help passengers into rafts and what not.


  • #3
    coylemj
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    It's probably more about the cabin crew needing to feel confident in or near water that's involved because if you've ever been in the water wearing a lifejacket you'll know that it's virtually impossible to swim a stroke. Most of your torso needs to be immersed in the water in order to swim whereas with a inflated lifejacket most of your chest is by design kept above the water.

    The lifejackets on airplanes provide buoyancy around the neck and at your front so if you have very long arms, you might manage a backstroke of sorts but the breaststroke and crawl would be totally impossible because as soon as you tried to face into the water, the lifejacket would throw you back upright in the water.


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