Spirit Airlines Recurrent 2019
-Two pink lights flash on all call panels
-EMERGENCY CALL appears on all attendant indication panels
-High/low chimes sound on loudspeakers 3 times - CORRECT ANSWER-What
happens when a pilot presses the EMER pushbutton?
What happens when a F/A presses the EMER pushbutton? - CORRECT
ANSWER--White EMER ON and Amber CALL
-Amber ATT
-3 long buzzers
-EMER Call on F/A stations
Crew Supply pushbutton does what? - CORRECT ANSWER-Opens valve to
supply low pressure o2 to pilot mask
How does the passenger O2 work? - CORRECT ANSWER-Chemical generators
for about 15 minutes
What does the SYS light mean on the OXY Panel? - CORRECT ANSWER-The
signal has been sent to deploy the passenger masks
When do the passenger mask auto deploy? - CORRECT ANSWER-Cabin
altitude of 14,000ft
What does the green disk on the fuselage indicate? - CORRECT ANSWER-crew
oxygen thermal discharge
Auto function of the GND CTL pushbutton? - CORRECT ANSWER--On for 5
minutes after electrical power is supplied to the aircraft.
-At least one engine is running until 5 minutes after last engine is shut down
The SYS pushbutton does what on the GPWS panel? - CORRECT
ANSWER-Inhibits GPWS modes 1-5
,The amber fault light on the SYS pb on the GPWS panel? - CORRECT
ANSWER-Any failure of GPWS modes 1-5
Does the SYS pb amber fault light affect TERRAIN modes? Does TERRAIN
failure affect GPS? - CORRECT ANSWER-No and No
Red fault light on the RAT & EMER Gen light? - CORRECT ANSWER-AC Bus 1
& 2 are lost and RAT is not supplying power
When would the red FAULT light on the RAT & EMER GEN light normally
illuminate? - CORRECT ANSWER-During RAT deployment
When does the RAT automatically deploy? - CORRECT ANSWER-Inflight with a
loss of power to AC bus 1 and 2.
What HYD system does the RAT power? - CORRECT ANSWER-Blue
What electrical buses are supplied by the RAT? - CORRECT ANSWER-AC & DC
ESS. AC& DC ESS Shed
Difference between Emergency electrical configuration and SMOKE
configuration? - CORRECT ANSWER-Gen 1 still powers a fuel pump in each
inner tank in the SMOKE configuration
Type of Flight control system on the Airbus? - CORRECT ANSWER-Fly-By-Wire
How are the flight controls controlled and activated? - CORRECT
ANSWER-Electrically controlled and hydraulically activated
Normal law in Flight mode, what does the side stick command? - CORRECT
ANSWER--Pitch commands a G load
-Roll commands a roll rate
Name the 3 flight control computers. - CORRECT ANSWER--2 ELACS (Elevator
Aileron Computer)
-2 FACS (Flight Augmentation Computer)
-3 SECs (Spoiler Elevator Computer)
, What are some ELAC functions? - CORRECT ANSWER--Normal pitch & roll
-Alternate Pitch
-Direct Pitch and roll
-Abnormal attitude
-Aileron droop
-Autopilot orders
What are some SEC functions? - CORRECT ANSWER--Normal Roll
-Alternate Pitch
-Direct Pitch and Roll
-Speed Brakes
-Abnormal attitude
What does SEC 3 control? - CORRECT ANSWER-Spoiler control - one flight and
one ground spoiler on each wing
What are some FAC functions? - CORRECT ANSWER--YAW (Rudder
trim/Travel)
-Airspeed tape (Flight Envelope protection)
-Windshear protection
-Low energy protection & Alpha Floor
THS after landing? - CORRECT ANSWER-Resets to zero
What are some protections in NORMAL law? - CORRECT ANSWER-High Speed
Protection
AoA Protection
Bank angle protection (67 max)
Load factor protection
Pitch attitude (30 up 15 down)
What is the high speed protection? - CORRECT ANSWER-Just above
VMO/MMO the system induces a pitch-up input to limit aircraft speed
What is ALPHA MAX? - CORRECT ANSWER-The maximum angle of attack
allowed in Normal Law, indicated by the top of the red strip on the airspeed scale
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