CommuteAir Flight Attendant Ground Training Emergency Equipment Practice Test

When a ditching happens, the immediate priority is personal buoyancy for anyone exiting the aircraft. The item designed to be worn by crew to provide flotation is the crew life vest. It is a wearable buoyant device that inflates (manually or automatically) to keep the wearer afloat, face up, and able to signal for help or assist others. This ensures flight attendants can stay afloat right away without needing to deploy equipment, unlike life rafts which must be brought out and used after evacuation. A seat cushion can be used for flotation but isn’t worn and isn’t as reliable or quick to deploy; an emergency flashlight provides light and signaling, not flotation.