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Appendix IX:Passenger Safety Briefings
Exit Seat Briefing
Photo-luminescent Floor Track Marking
Crewmember Safety and Evacuation Training
Acoustic Attraction Signals
Smoke Hoods
Exit Slide Testing
Overwing Exit Doors
Next Generation Evacuation Equipment and Procedures
Personal Flotation Devices
Summaries of General Cabin Occupant Safety and Health
Advancements
Advanced Warnings of Turbulence
Preparations for In-flight Medical Emergencies
Reducing Health Risks to Passengers with Certain Medical
Conditions
Improved Awareness of Radiation Exposure
Occupational Safety and Health Standards for Flight
Attendants
Application of a Cost Analysis Methodology to Inflatable Lap
Belts
Inflatable Lap Belts
Summary of Results
Methodology
GAO Contacts and Staff Acknowledgments
GAO Contacts
Staff AcknowledgmentsTable 1: Regulatory Actions Taken by FAA to Improve Cabin
Occupant Safety and Health Since 1984
Table 2: Advancements with Potential to Improve Cabin Occupant
Safety and Health
Table 3: Status of 10 Significant FAA Rules Pertaining to Airliner
Cabin Occupants' Safety and Health, Fiscal Year 1995
through September of Fiscal Year 2003
Table 4: Costs to Equip an Average-sized Airplane in the U.S. Fleet
with Inflatable Lap Seat Belts, Estimated under Alternative
Scenarios (In 2002 discounted dollars)
Table 5: Key AssumptionsGAO-04-33 Airliner Cabin Occupant Safety and Health
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United States. General Accounting Office. Aviation Safety: Advancements Being Pursued to Improve Airliner Cabin Occupant Safety and Health, report, October 3, 2003; Washington D.C.. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc295213/m1/4/: accessed April 24, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.