Appendix 1 to CS CCD.310 Type-specific data content

ED Decision 2020/015/R

Type-specific data content

The type-specific data for cabin crew include the following, as relevant to the candidate aircraft:

Aircraft description

General

(a)     type of aircraft — narrow/wide-bodied; single/multi passenger deck;

(b)     range of operation and maximum operating altitude;

(c)      principal dimensions (length, height, width, wing span);

(d)     main characteristics (engines, landing gear, fuel tanks, flight controls, speed);

(e)     engine danger area;

(f)      general information (air conditioning, pressurisation system, electrical power, auxiliary power unit (APU), slats, flaps);

(g)     location of cargo compartments and unpressurised areas;

(h)     doors and emergency exits (doors and service doors, emergency exits, flight crew compartment window, flight crew compartment emergency hatch, avionics compartment);

(i)      passenger seating capacity (as determined during the relevant TC, change to TC or STC process);

(j)      required number of flight crew, number and location of cabin crew stations (required and additional);

(k)     aircraft crash estimated attitudes (e.g. nose or main landing gear retracted, afloat following a ditching).

Flight crew compartment

(a)     layout — number and type of the installed seats (e.g. column mounted, comfort seat, folding seat);

(b)     description and operation of the installed seat type (electrical/manual, vertical/horizontal/recline/rotating movement, restraint systems, i.e. seat belt/crotch strap/shoulder harness and locking mechanisms);

(c)      oxygen system (stowage, type and description of masks, smoke goggles, N/100 % and emergency pressure selectors, its operation);

(d)     flight crew compartment door and its monitoring system:

(1)     door type (e.g. intrusion/penetration resistant);

(2)     door components (e.g. locking latches, mortise locks, escape/decompression panels, viewing lenses);

(3)     door access control panels (in the case of installed security bulletproof doors);

(4)     door operation — normal/emergency access;

(5)     means of monitoring (a viewing lens, a CCTV system);

(e)     exits and escape routes (primary/secondary, sliding windows, emergency exit hatches, door escape panels) and escape devices (escape ropes, inertia reels);

(f)      avionics compartment if certified as an evacuation route (its location, purpose, operation of avionics access hatch, access from inside/outside).

Cabin compartment

(a)     layout:

(1)     number and type of the installed crew seats (e.g. swivel/high-comfort/folding seat);

(2)     description and operation of the installed crew seats (restraint system, i.e. seat belt/shoulder harnesses, quick release buckles, shoulder harness inertial mechanisms);

(b)     doors and exits — doors/service doors/emergency exits:

(1)     the number of door(s)/exit(s)/locations/sill heights;

(2)     description of features/controls/operation — manual/electrical and malfunctions;

(3)     operation from inside in normal/emergency modes;

(4)     operation from outside;

(5)     arm/disarm system;

(6)     power assist system and malfunctions;

(7)     integral stairs;

(8)     crew assist spaces;

(9)     life lines;

(10)    access doors/opening ports to the cargo compartment from the cabin compartment;

(11)    critical surfaces on aircraft wings requiring ‘no step’ precautions;

(12)    water level door clearance;

(c)      escape slides/slide rafts/ramp slides/life rafts:

(1)     their location and stowage;

(2)     type and number of units (single/multi lane, single/multi buoyancy chamber, length and width);

(3)     description and operation;

(4)     slide arm/disarm;

(5)     deployment and duration (automatic/manual);

(6)     means of signalling slide readiness (e.g. stop sign/barber pole);

(7)     capacity and overload;

(8)     detaching and separating from aircraft;

(9)     canopy installation;

(10)    limitation/operation of inverted slides/life rafts;

(11)    slide/life raft equipment (description/operation/use);

(12)    attached survival kit (location/content/operation);

(13)    malfunction (transfer of slide/raft to another door, use as a handheld chute);

(14)    emergency signalling system (e.g. attached ELT, built-in radio locator beacon (RLB) — operation on land/in water);

(d)     crew rest compartment:

(1)     location(s) and layout;

(2)     description and operation of the door and applicable access control panel;

(3)     escape routes/emergency exit hatch — description/location/operation from the crew rest/cabin compartment;

(4)     systems (fire/smoke detection and prevention, oxygen, communication, lighting, and air conditioning);

(5)     crew control panels;

(6)     cabin signs;

(e)     lavatories:

(1)     smoke detection system;

(2)     built-in automatic extinguishing system;

(3)     water system (water supply/water shut-off/water heater);

(4)     waste system;

(5)     flush/vacuum reset;

(6)     electrical power;

(7)     lavatory service unit (LSU);

(8)     lavatory door — lock/unlock system from inside/outside;

(9)     operation of waste bin flap;

(f)      passenger service unit (PSU) (oxygen container, pictogram(s), loudspeaker, reading light, call light, seat row identifier, air vent);

(g)     lift — location, description and operation, control panel, malfunction;

(h)     galley — description of galley systems.

Aircraft systems including associated equipment

(a)     lighting system:

(1)     location and operation;

(2)     interior normal and emergency lighting (ceiling, door sill, over wing exit handle light, exit location/marking signs, floor proximity escape path markings);

(3)     exterior emergency lighting (slide/raft-integrated emergency lights, over wing lights);

(b)     evacuation alarm signal system:

(1)     description, location and operation of activation/signal panel(s) (flight crew/cabin compartment);

(2)     aural/visual alert indications;

(3)     horn silence at cabin door/exit and flight crew compartment;

(c)      smoke detection system:

(1)     location, panels and function (passenger cabin/lavatory/crew rest compartment(s)/cargo compartment);

(2)     location and description of aural/visual indications (warning chime/light, signalling means, reset);

(3)     potential causes of smoke alarm activation;

(4)     smoke barrier/removal (e.g. crew rest compartment staircase hatch, smoke curtain — description/operation/preflight check);

(d)     fire prevention system:

(1)     type — automatic/manual (e.g. temperature sensors, fire-extinguishing services (FES) discharge switch (fire-extinguishing system));

(2)     location and function of the built-in fire-extinguishing system (crew rest compartment(s), lavatory/cargo compartment/engines);

(3)     built-in fire extinguishers — type of agent/content/operation/duration;

(e)     oxygen system:

(1)     location (passenger cabin/crew station/crew rest compartment(s)/lavatory/galley);

(2)     number and distribution of masks in container unit(s);

(3)     activation/operation/duration of oxygen system and malfunctions;

(4)     aural and visual indications associated with activation of oxygen system;

(5)     medical oxygen port;

(f)      electrical system:

(1)     galley — hot water container, control panel, control switches, circuit breakers, galley emergency power-off switch;

(2)     lift (unit operation, control panel, circuit breakers systems);

(3)     door electrical warning system (cabin pressure/slide armed/safeguard sensor);

(4)     power socket (flight crew/cabin compartment);

(5)     lavatory (razor outlet, built-in hairdryer, water-heating system);

(6)     passenger seat (electrical operation, seat power outlet);

(7)     video control centre/passenger individual screen/cabin main screen;

(8)     aircraft own electrical power and APU;

(g)     communication system:

(1)     location of handset unit(s) (crew station/flight crew/crew rest compartment(s));

(2)     description and use of interphone integrated keys;

(3)     operation of interphone and initiating calls in normal and emergency circumstances (calls: cabin to flight crew compartment, cabin crew to cabin crew station, cabin/flight crew compartment to crew rest compartment(s), cabin crew/flight crew to purser and vice versa);

(4)     aural/visual indications associated with interphone calls in normal and emergency circumstances;

(5)     location and description of signalling panels associated with communication system;

(6)     emergency communication alert system (ECAS) — description/location/operation in cabin and flight crew compartment;

(h)     passenger address system:

(1)     location/description/operation of handset unit(s) (crew station/flight crew compartment/crew rest compartment(s));

(2)     description of operation in cabin/flight crew/crew rest compartment(s);

(3)     description/operation of the public announcements broadcast to the entire/individual cabin compartment(s);

(4)     availability of loudspeakers in passenger cabin/flight crew/crew rest compartment(s)/galley/lavatory and muted volume;

(5)     description of the priority order of public announcement system (e.g. flight crew handset/purser handset/any other cabin crew handset/evacuation signal alarm);

(6)     automatic broadcast of public announcements (description/operation);

(i)      passenger call system:

(1)     location of activation (passenger seat/lavatory);

(2)     way to initiate/cancel/disable passenger call system;

(3)     signalling system (indication (aural/visual), control panels);

(j)      water system:

(1)     areas of supply;

(2)     location and operation of water supply manual shut-off valve (galley/lavatory, partial or entire cabin supply);

(3)     water tanks (location of checking water tanks status);

(k)     waste system:

(1)     location (galley/lavatory);

(2)     waste tanks (location of checking waste tanks status);

(l)      air conditioning/ventilation/pressurisation — source of supply (engines/external ground power (EGP)/APU), control management);

(m)    control panels:

(1)     cabin crew panel (cabin management system) — main/additional panel(s), location, description of installed functions, operation, malfunction;

(2)     cabin crew indication panel — type (i.e. area indication panel/area call panel), location (crew station/galley/crew rest compartment(s)), description of functions;

(3)     cabin air/floor temperature control panel — location and operation, areas of effect;

(4)     cabin signs — location (door/exit area, passenger cabin, crew station, crew rest compartment(s), galley, LSU), type (e.g. fasten seat belt/no smoking/return to seat/lavatory occupied/exit sign), aural/visual indication;

(n)     other systems — fixed ELT, etc.

[Issue No: CCD/2]