Originally Posted by
sptraveller
I'm sat maybe 200 feet back from the flight crew.
I don't know what they know, but they can't see what I can see.
In any serious ground incident, the advantage may be 80/20 to the flight crew, but it sure as heck isn't 100/0.
My patience for the command will be deep and extensive based on a presumption of their profoundly superior knowledge.
But I don't have checklists to perform or hundreds of strangers to worry about.
If I'm burning or breathing smoke, I'm looking out the door and if I decide to then I'm leaving.
Hope to see you in court later.
With the current habit of everyone closing every blind in the cabin -
nobody knows what the state is outside. The default behavior of 'window seat' pax on sitting in seat is to close the blind then go to sleep against it. I consider this a flight safety hazard if there is a ground or takeoff emergency, but it is never corrected by the crew who often demand all the blinds are closed on deplaning.