NCAA Cabin Crew Member Exam case studies
NCAA Cabin Crew Member Exam · Put your knowledge to work in context.
The Cabin Crew Member knowledge test is the written examination that a candidate must pass as part of the licensing route for cabin crew in Nigeria under the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority. It is intended for aspiring cabin crew, and for serving crew who need to demonstrate, on paper, the underpinning knowledge required for safe cabin operations before a licence is issued. The NCAA Cabin Crew Member Exam case studies are 5 cases and about 5,088 words.
1Chest pain at FL370: five minutes, then a decision
Flight from Lagos to Nairobi (5 h 20 min), cruising at FL370, 178 passengers and 4 cabin crew. At seat 14D a 58-year-old man is grey and sweating, complaining of heavy central chest pain radiating to the left jaw that began 25 minutes ago.
1,031 words, about 5 min2Swollen power bank in the seat pocket
Three hours into a 6-hour night flight, cabin crew smell acrid burning plastic near row 23. The passenger in 23C has a power bank (20,000 mAh, 74 Wh) in his seat pocket; it is visibly swollen, hot, and emitting white smoke and sparks.
1,053 words, about 5 min3Rejected take-off, no word from the flight deck
A Boeing 737-800 with 168 passengers and 6 cabin crew begins its take-off roll at Lagos on a 1 h 20 min domestic flight. At about 100 knots there is a loud bang and heavy vibration from the left engine; the captain rejects the take-off and the aircraft stops on the runway.
1,014 words, about 5 min4The smoking passenger who will not sit down
On a 6 h 40 min Lagos–London night flight, 40 minutes after take-off, cabin crew find a man in his thirties smoking in the aft lavatory; the smoke detector has already alarmed and the cigarette end is in the waste bin. Challenged, he becomes verbally aggressive, refuses to return to seat 34G, and pushes a crew member against the galley bulkhead.
968 words, about 5 min5Five findings during the pre-flight cabin check
Pre-flight at Abuja, Boeing 737-800, 175 passengers booked including 4 infants, 2 wheelchair passengers and 1 passenger with an approved portable oxygen concentrator (POC) carrying four 90 Wh batteries for a 5-hour flight. During your cabin safety check you find: the aft left door slide pressure gauge reads in the red zone; the aft right gauge is normal; the forward left lavatory smoke detector is placarded INOP under an MEL entry; seat 12A, an overwing exit-row seat, has a broken recline mechanism but locks upright and is usable; there are 3 infant life vests in the cabin against 4 infants booked.
1,022 words, about 5 min