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Old 26th Aug 2008, 06:48
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The Today programme had a wells-spoken chap on complaining that the oxygen masks didn't seem to work and that there was no PA explaining anything until after the a/c got to 8000'.

MoL came on afterwards and did a good job of explaining what happened - could have pointed out that the procedure is standard across the industry and not 'his' safety procedures, which the interviewer was implying.

Seems like a standard 'passengers in death plunge' report - ie, everything worked fine but none of the pax knew what was going on at the time. And a planeful of frightened people, all of whom have a suspicion that their five euro fares mean that maintenance is slack, will make the news.

Possibly an argument for including a short 'in the event of' bit on the seatback safety card. I seem to remember Concorde had one, presumably because of the rather dramatic depressurisation/engine out procedure at altitude.

R

(edited to add interview context. This was in reply to a post that appears to have vanished, at least in preview)
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