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multitude Fit kit set raft extinguish axe cot neatly signify dietary vegetarian vegan Moslem confirm label Upgrade * Pre-flight Pre-flight preparations cover a multitude of tasks prior to the boarding of passengers. For example, checking emergency equipment, preparation of food and drinks and finally ensuring the cabin is in a fit state to receive the new passengers. Using a check-list, CAs must check the emergency equipments as follows: Life rafts, life vests, seatbelts, and oxygen masks First aid kits, oxygen sets, and public address system Fire extinguishers and fire axes Baby cots and baby’s life vest which are stowed in the overhead compartment Passenger safety cards in the seat pockets Seatbelt straps should remain neatly crossed on the passengers’ seats. This signifies that each passenger’s seat has been checked. Every flight will have passengers, who cannot, for one reason or another, eat normal in-flight meals. They are known as passengers with special dietary requirements. Food code Using a passenger’s name list supplied by the check-in desk, the CAs are informed who the passengers are, where they are seated and what kind of food they can eat: Vegetarians, vegans, certain religious groups such as Moslems who do not eat pork and Hindus who do not eat meat (for their special food code, cf. Unit 4). After the passengers have boarded, the CAs will confirm the passengers’ names, their seat numbers and what types of meals they have ordered, and then label the food with the correct food code labels. Special Need As well as passengers who require special food, many flights will have passengers with special needs, e.g. the elderly, disabled people, unaccompanied children, pregnant women and those who are under close medical care for whom special medical equipment, such as stretchers, wheelchairs, etc, are needed to be available in advance. These passengers can pre-board the aircraft. One final check is the p