Our new jourey ... continued

1 June 2011 - My training officially started

Being over exited I off course was there first that morning.  I had no idea what to expect.  I thought we would be sitting in a class of about 20 or so.  Strict teachers drilling us with aeroplane facts.

We had to be there at nine, and at about ten to nine I was still the only one ... finally I heard some footsteps. (I was sitting in the very awesome tearoom, fully equip with a galley and aeroplane seats)  Another girl walked in, and soon after hr another girl.  I didn't know then that these two ladies would become such good friends.

On our first day we visited an aircraft, it was so exiting.  It is so much different from just sitting in the passenger seat.  That day we also got the program for the course .... and boy oh boy it was far from sitting in a class room!!

2 June 2011 - Wet Ditching

On our second day .... Just for a small second try to imagine this, there I was, on my second day, not sure if this was for me, not yet close friends, not yet anything.  

Now also imagine doing wet ditching in the middle of the winter, wearing a shirt and leggings.  What is wet ditching you ask?  Well in the case of an emergency on an aeroplane, a cabin crew member would have to know how and what to do in the vent of us landing or falling in the see.

So they pick the coldest swimming they can find, and not just any swimming pool, an Olympics swimming pool, meaning it is like 30m long and not even the longest pilot there can stand so deep is the water.   We line up and one by one jump into the -100 degree water (Luckily we wore life vest because I am convinced that when my body hit that cold water, my hart stopped for a few seconds.)  Luckily in the water there is no time to be cold, you have to swim to the middle of the pool, drag some else (who is playing dead) and swim back dragging them behind you.  Then of course it is your turn to play dead and you once again get dragged to the middle of the super deep swimming pool.  My whole body was numb and in shock.

Luckily for us, all the pro pilots started complaining about how cold the water is, and that it was unacceptable and and and so we got to climb out.  My feet and hands where in sooo much pain, and breathing was hard.

But ... at least I know that I will be able to save some people, in the crazy event of an aeroplane falling into the sea.

The rest of that week was allot of fun, we learned about all the emergency equipment, how to use everything and so on.  We also learned some neat survival skills ... did you know that if you live a healthy lifestyle, and your urine is clear, you can drink it when stranded in the dessert.  If how ever your urine is yellow or any other color, you will toxic ate yourself and die.