Whom should you update after cabin assessment?

• A. Captain
• B. Flight attendant in charge
• C. Passengers
• D. Ground control

Answer: (A)

In an emergency, the person in command of the aircraft must receive timely, factual cabin status to make safe, decisive choices about flight operations. After finishing a cabin assessment, you report your findings to the Captain because the Captain has the ultimate authority and responsibility for the safety of everyone on board and for deciding whether to continue, divert, or evacuate.

The flight attendant in charge oversees the cabin crew and can relay information to the Captain, but the direct update should go to the Captain who then coordinates the overall response, including instructions to crew and passengers. Passengers aren’t given operational status updates; they receive safety directions. Ground control is informed by the Captain as part of overall flight operations, not as the immediate recipient of cabin-status updates from the crew on board.