Originally Posted by
HillpigSmytheIII
Rapid/Explosive Decompression
`Apart from Oxygen Mask On & 100%
Establish communications
Initiate Rapid/Emergency Descent’
Does this work that well in practice?
Do the physiological factors impede or have significant effect?
Certainly, interested in comments from pilots who have had one particularly military pilots including single pilot military pilots.
I'm no expert, but I would, of course, as you say, immediately don the masks; however, I'd next initiate the emergency descent, then announce a "Mayday" thus notifying ATC (or whomever) to clear the airspace around you. Depending on the altitude and rate of loss of pressurization, one has very little time to respond. We're not talking minutes here, we're talking seconds.
Regards,
Grog