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At airports over a certain size, replica aircraft exits along with 2 rows of seats are on permanent display. These would look something like a movie prop except that the exit door is the genuine article. The idea is that passengers can "practice" opening the emergency exit and climbing through the
opening so that they have first-hand knowledge of how the door opens, the door's weight, where to put the door, etc.
There are several types of doors currently on commercial jet aircraft. Ideally, one representative of each type would be available for use.
Grim concept perhaps, but potentially lifesaving.
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...and the quickest earns himself the emergency exit seat. [+] |
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Wait jes a min there. Do you mean with the fun
foamy tubey thing attached too? |
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HELL YES!!! Sign me up. I wanna be first down the
shute! ++++++ Heck I'll do it even if I never intend
to fly again. (And throw in a virtual Hudson River
emergency landing experience and I'd even pay to
try.) |
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Yep.(+)
With a side helping of [link] |
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21 Quest: There's no danger involved--that guy wouldn't have
been able to do nothin'. A plane's "emergency exits" are for
use at surface altitudes only, and literally don't work
otherwise. Link has details--it has to do with cabin pressure,
but not in the way you'd expect. |
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Somebody would have to stand next to the display to put the door back into place. But I would have fun playing with it. +1 |
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This could be extended to a compulsory scheme, where all seats are allocated on the basis of each passenger's exit speed, like qualifying for a race. |
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+ excellent idea! I have always read the instructions if I have that seat, but always wondered if I could really do it! |
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Plus you could have contests to see who can get out the door first. I understand there are often pitched battles at those exits. It also might be tricky to make your way across the tops of occupied seats on your way to the exit if you have never done it before. Some coaching in technique might be a lifesaver. |
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You could have smoke, for added realism. Or snakes. |
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Add to county fair or various amusement parks or haunted houses. Life boat drills also. |
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I bet you that my throwing distance of the removable door would be much shorter in a practice situation than during a real emergency. Much, much shorter. |
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// I understand there are often pitched battles at those exits. // |
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More like a fouth-and-inches hail-mary play. |
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// It also might be tricky to make your way across the tops of occupied seats on your way to the exit // |
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It is, but after the first two rows you get the hang of it. The trick is to make monkey-like progress along the headrests alongside the hull. Most of the cattle try to get into the aisle, and instinctively head for the door they came in by. |
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It's easier to go forward than back. |
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// if you have never done it before. // |
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The learning curve is steep, somewhat steeper and less fun than the escape slides. |
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This is an excellent idea. |
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Perhaps, in due course, practice entrances and
practice seats could be provided, so that the more
bovine type of passenger can acquaint him- or
herself with the fundamentals of getting on an
aircraft and sitting down out of the way. |
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Well, maybe not a race, but if someone wants that row for whatever reason (leg room, etc.), make sure they're drilled a couple times in the mockup before being seated. If they refuse, or show up late, those seats (make sure you state it in the ticket contract) will be made available to passengers who *are* willing to undergo the drills. |
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The problematic concept is that of "passenger". |
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There are a mimimum of two, and a maximum of five, good seats at
the front. Sit anywhere else and you deserve what you get. |
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where'd that guy go? it was just a drill! |
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One of the reasons for the delay in the evacuation in the Manchester aircraft fire was the girl sat by one of the overwing exits being surprised by the weight of the door and it falling on her and pinning her to her seat for a short period of time. |
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As a unidexter I'm not legally allowed to sit in the exit row seats yet I imagine on most flights I'm one of the few people who's actually operated the exit doors. |
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Appropriate footwear and clothing can also make a big difference to your ability to evacuate sucessfully |
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//Appropriate footwear and clothing can also make a big
difference to your ability to evacuate sucessfully// |
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and people laughed at my full Nomex travel onesie. |
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Perhaps Sir would like to try something from our "confident traveller" range ? |
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