If the door is disarmed, which describes the slide's inflation status?

If the door is disarmed, which describes the slide's inflation status?

• A. Inflates
• B. Does not inflate
• C. Inflates intermittently
• D. Information insufficient

Answer: (B)

Arming and disarming a door controls whether the slide inflates during evacuation. When the door is disarmed, the inflator mechanism is not activated, so the slide stays in its stowed, non-inflated state even if the door is opened. The slide only inflates automatically when the door is armed and opened in an evacuation. So the correct status is that the slide does not inflate. The other options would require inflation to occur under disarmed conditions, which isn’t how the system is designed to work.

Arming and disarming a door controls whether the slide inflates during evacuation. When the door is disarmed, the inflator mechanism is not activated, so the slide stays in its stowed, non-inflated state even if the door is opened. The slide only inflates automatically when the door is armed and opened in an evacuation. So the correct status is that the slide does not inflate. The other options would require inflation to occur under disarmed conditions, which isn’t how the system is designed to work.