h+p
i can well see the potential chaos.things worked out ok here but had the fire spread rapidly to the cabin or fuel tanks exploded as in bkk recently,perhaps the chaos would hve been a mute point if lives saved.
we dont know the speed/accuracy of info provided to the crew but it must hve been pretty accurate/speedy and from the fire crew,the only people to b in a position to atate the fire risk.yet i think they were not on the scene for 2 mins.i dont see how flt crew could asses the fire risk frm the flt dek.
had the fire spread 2 the fuselage, smoke in the cabin need not necesserily b visible until the fire has taken hold and so c.crew would not necesserily be able to advise flt deck.
h+p are u saying an apron evac is not a course of action u would consider available?
any examples of apron evacs out there for info.we all spend a lot of time on the apron connected to fuel trucks,aero bridges etc.