Guppy - you don't know it all buddy. I've been in the 'smoky cabin' simulator and put fires out - yawn!! Never needed to evacuate, I've always made it to the terminal...
Yes, you can brief the pax by the exits 'til you go blue in the face - but if they panic when an emergency happens - well, pointless 'innit? Anyway, in these days of youtube there's always going to be one or two who HEAD BACK TO THE FIRE to take a jolly video
Have you gone through an ATR hatch? I have and it's NOT EASY! Yes, the skipper is responsible - but where I work he's the LAST one out after making sure everyone else is!!
By the way - what is the temperature of burning magnesium wheel assemblies and burning metal? Spent many hours over the Indian Ocean trying to work that one out
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