Originally Posted by
Boomerang_Butt
Personally, I would not like to see the ratio go down further, purely because for most onboard emergencies (fire, dg etc) the drill requires 3 crew to participate. I'd like at least 2 more there to control the cabin & maintain flight deck surveillance at this time.
The drill does not
require 3 to participate.
God knows how the solitary crew member on the dash-8 get's another 2 crew just so that it is possible to perform the fire drill.