Electricity dispersion for aircraft evacuation assemblies

An evacuation assembly for an aircraft, the evacuation assembly comprising:

• a composite packboard housing that is electrically nonconductive, the composite packboard housing defining a packboard compartment;
• a girt mounted to the composite packboard housing and disposed in the packboard compartment;
• an evacuation slide that is electrically conductive, wherein the evacuation slide is mechanically mounted and electrically connected to the girt;
• a metal stud extending through the composite packboard housing, wherein the metal stud comprises a first end portion disposed external to the packboard compartment and a second end portion disposed internal to the packboard compartment, wherein the second end is electrically connected to the evacuation slide;
• and
• a flexible strip that is electrically conductive, wherein the flexible strip is attached to and directly contours an external surface, relative to the packboard compartment, of the composite packboard housing, wherein the external surface of the composite packboard housing is an inboard surface of the aircraft and is thus not an externally facing surface of an exterior skin of the aircraft, wherein the flexible strip extends between and electrically connects the first end portion of the metal stud and an electrical interface, wherein the electrical interface is configured to be electrically connected to a main electrical ground of the aircraft
• wherein the evacuation assembly comprises an electrically conductive path from the evacuation slide, through the girt, through the composite packboard housing via the metal stud, and across the external surface of the composite packboard housing via the flexible strip to the electrical interface.