Appendix J
Emergency Demonstration
The following test criteria and procedures must be
used for showing compliance with JAR 25.803:
(a) The emergency evacuation must be
conducted either during the dark of the night or
during daylight with the dark of night simulated.
If the demonstration is conducted indoors during
daylight hours, it must be conducted with each
window covered and each door closed to minimise
the daylight effect. Illumination on the floor or
ground may be used, but it must be kept low and
shielded against shining into the aeroplane’s
windows or doors.
(b) The aeroplane must be in a normal
attitude with landing gear extended.
(c) Unless the aeroplane is equipped with an
off-wing descent means, stands or ramps may be
used for descent from the wing to the ground.
Safety equipment such as mats or inverted life
rafts may be placed on the floor or ground to
protect participants. No other equipment that is
not part of the aeroplane’s emergency evacuation
equipment may be used to aid the participants in
reaching the ground.
(d) Except as provided in paragraph (a) of
this Appendix, only the aeroplane’s emergency
lighting system may provide illumination.
(e) All emergency equipment required for the
planned operation of the aeroplane must be
installed.
(f) Each external door and exit, and each
internal door or curtain, must be in the take-off
configuration.
(g) Each crew member must be seated in the
normally assigned seat for take-off and must
remain in the seat until receiving the signal for
commencement of the demonstration. Each crew
member must be a person having knowledge of
the operation of exits and emergency equipment
and, if compliance with the applicable National
Operating Rules is also being demonstrated, each
[cabin crew member must be a member of a]
regularly scheduled line crew.
(h) A representative passenger load of
persons in normal health must be used as follows:
(1) At least 40% of the passenger load
must be females.
(2) At least 35% of the passenger load
must be over 50 years of age.
(3) At least 15% of the passenger load
must be female and over 50 years of age.
(4) Three life-size dolls, not included
as part of the total passenger load, must be
carried by passengers to simulate live infants
2 years old or younger.
(5) Crew members, mechanics, and
training personnel, who maintain or operate the
aeroplane in the normal course of their duties,
may not be used as passengers.
(i) No passenger may be assigned a specific
seat except as the Authorities may require.
Except as required by sub-paragraph (g) of this
Appendix, no employee of the applicant may be
seated next to an emergency exit.
(j) Seat belts and shoulder harnesses (as
required) must be fastened.
(k) Before the start of the demonstration,
approximately one-half of the total average
amount of carry-on baggage, blankets, pillows,
and other similar articles must be distributed at
several locations in aisles and emergency exit
access ways to create minor obstructions.
(l) No prior indication may be given to any
crew member or passenger of the particular exits
to be used in the demonstration.
(m) The applicant may not practise, rehearse,
or describe the demonstration for the participants
nor may any participant have taken part in this
type of demonstration within the preceding
6 months.
(n) The pre take-off passenger briefing
required by the applicable National Operating
Rules may be given. The passengers may also be
advised to follow directions of crew members but
not be instructed on the procedures to be followed
in the demonstration.
(o) If safety equipment as allowed by subparagraph
(c) of this Appendix is provided, either
all passenger and cockpit windows must be
blacked out or all of the emergency exits must
have safety equipment in order to prevent
disclosure of the available emergency exits.
(p) Not more than 50% of the emergency exits
in the sides of the fuselage of an aeroplane that
meets all of the requirements applicable to the
required emergency exits for that aeroplane may
be used for the demonstration. Exits that are not
to be used in the demonstration must have the exit
handle deactivated or must be indicated by red
lights, red tape, or other acceptable means placed
outside the exits to indicate fire or other reason
why they are unusable. The exits to be used must
be representative of all of the emergency exits on
the aeroplane and must be designated by the
applicant, subject to approval by the Authorities.
At least one floor level exit must be used.
(q) Except as provided in sub-paragraph (c)
of this paragraph, all evacuees must leave the
aeroplane by a means provided as part of the
aeroplane’s equipment.
(r) The applicant’s approved procedures
must be fully utilised, except the flight-crew must
take no active role in assisting others inside the
cabin during the demonstration.
(s) The evacuation time period is completed
when the last occupant has evacuated the
aeroplane and is on the ground. Provided that the
acceptance rate of the stand or ramp is no greater
than the acceptance rate of the means available on
the aeroplane for descent from the wing during an
actual crash situation, evacuees using stands or
ramps allowed by sub-paragraph (c) of this
Appendix are considered to be on the ground
when they are on the stand or ramp.
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