All the training in the world will never prepare you for the actual event if god forbid it ever happens to you.
I found from the crash landing I was involved in I went into automatic mode almost robotic, and it was all very very surreal. Every year when I do SEP and we do the mock up drills I find myself taking it less and less serious because no matter how the airlines try and simulate a cabin after a crash landing its just not going to be convincing enough to get the point across.
Short of crashing a packed aircraft into the ground you can only ever be taught procedures and drills in the event something does happen on a flight your operating on.
Until the day I day I will never forget the Captain saying over the P/A "Brace for crash landing Brace Brace Brace" The feeling of sheer terror and numbness - I cannot put into words.
What is the point of this posting? The bottom line is you will never know how your going to react, no matter how many years flying experience you have or how professional you think you are.
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