wombat:
close to the ground....you got me here.Actually I understand what you're talking about,but as I said this is our SOP.
Regarding what I said about the QRH description of use of the fire switches,this is the last edition of the QRH ,from 28.03.2005.(737)
Boeing intends to unify the QRH for all it's types (i'm not sure about the 777).I've actually seen some demo pages of the new QRH,very interesting.I guess you may find some ex on myboeingfleet.com
Just for argument:suppose you have a fire on takeoff.You'll stop the plane,then do the fire drill,then if fire not out perform evacuation?
We'll ,our sop says that in this case stop the plane,and perform evac (which include part of the fire drill and save a lot of time)
It was demonstrated that the fire will enter the cabin in no more then 90 sec (no matter if a 737 or a 777),so better safe then sorry.
How many injuries you'll have on a evacuation?I guess fewer then if you'll evacuate in stress a full of smoke cabin.
Also one important change in the evacuation check it's that it's no longer a recall item.
Brgds...
Alex
ps wombat,you fly a jewel of a plane.Brgds