Firstly - to mutt, sorry not to reply earlier but I have not been on PPRUNE for a while.
Yes, the smoke hood IS a canister but I have had no questions. I started with it in May and have been through: DTW, JFK, LHR, LTN, EDI, IOM, PMI, MAN an never a peep from anyone. I can only presume that, since it is designed for use in aircraft, it is of all plastic construction. Perhaps it looks like a bottle of water on the screen?
Secondly, on the continuing debate. I have done 16 round trips of LTN/EDI with EZY and their -300s in the last seven months and the next starts tonight! I have to admit that I do not pay full attention during demo...
On walking out to the machine, I check if it is a -700 but these are usually deployed on the longer runs. I still count rows and check life jacket. Incidentally, I was VERY surprised when, last Friday night, the pax next to me checked for life jacket! It turned out that he is an orthopedic surgeon and travels a lot. He must see enough broken bodies!
Whilst keeping a weather ear for any changes to the demo a couple of weeks ago, I asked the pax next to me why she was ignoring it (we had been chatting beforehand). Turns out she was a frequent flyer but still nervous. "If we crash in the water, we're all going to be dead anyway." I decided not to challenge her on the logic of it or the 'crash on water', rather than 'land' on water!
But I taught her to count rows and how to use the headrest from the seat infront as an emergency smoke mask, by using water/tea/coffee.
Back to LTN, I go!
[ 16 July 2001: Message edited by: PAXboy ]