[edited: sorry, I was mixing up things...] We have 195 minutes of oxygen for evry occupant to cover some very high terrain in China with decompression i.c.w. few available options to divert. A main deck fire would not make things easier.
With a fire on the main deck or the lower cargo holds, I am not sure if we would see smoke in the cockpit without recirculated air. With only an EICAS warning, there's i.m.h.o. not enough info to justify ditching as mentioned earlier until the soles of your shoes start melting.
On our combi's we obviously do have a main deck fire extinguishing system.
Cheers...
Last edited by LLuke; 3rd August 2007 at 09:51.