CRJ / ERJ Question

[fokkerjet]

I have a question on some crew duties during an emergency evacuation, specifically, what does your airline consider as being the "primary" exit(s) and which are considered to be "secondary", and which crewmember covering which?

On airplanes equiped with both an airstair door (door L1) and a service door (door R1) located in the front of the aircraft, and one emergency exit overwing on each side of the fuselage, will your "primary" exits be L1 and R1 (or just L1 or just R1), with the F/A guiding the evacuation from somewhere near that position and your "secondary" exits being manned by able bodied passengers?

I realize that every emergency is unique, and the need to change "primary" and "secondary" exits will depend on the nature of the emergency, but as a guide (so to speak) what do you use? Maybe it would help the question if the situation involved some sort of smoke in the cabin, aircraft has stopped and you need to evacuate the 50 passengers, your primary and secondary exits are which?

One last question, does either the CRJ or the ERJ have slides at their service door?

 

[cl-65link]

No slides at all on the Canadair.

 

[AFELLOWAVIATOR]

Why do you want to know?

 

[stillaboo]

No slides on the ERJ either.

Ever noticed why RJ's look hunched over, like the front is 'dropped' like a tricked out Civic? As long as the front exit is less than 6 feet (I think it's 6) off the ground, no slide is needed.

-Boo!

 

[Webslinger]

Exits

As previously stated each Emergency will dictate wich procedures should be followed, along with some common sense. Most operators along the the asigned PIC's decission would dictate using the forward L1 and R1 if it is "smoke in the Lav" and NO apparent external fires or damage. Only to reduce the possible risks of personal injury of exiting the "over the wing exits". I should add the Air stairs would be a added luxury, but not needed. Just my 02. worth.

 

[fokkerjet]

Thanks for the replies.

As to the question why? Basically FlightSafety is teaching our F/A's to use the overwing as "primary" and I can't figure out why, and of course our F/A's don't ask. Gulfstream is the only manufacture that I'm aware of, that recommends the overwing exits as "primary" (they have 4 window exits) and the airstair door as secondary. To me, given the choice, big doors (even airstair doors) would lend itself to a quicker, and safer, egress than trying to go out the window onto a wing.

But, I could be wrong!