Food for thought; Are the pax worse off by staying aboard (e g Airtours Manchester) or should we avoid the urge to kick them out on the slides 'cos someone might sue if we don't?
Evacuation almost always results in injuries to a significant proportion of the pax and has to be considered as a potential hazard as well as other risks.
I await the day when a RTOīd aircraft is informed by ATC and CC that white smoke is observed issuing from the engine with the faulty fire warning, which has just had a BCF bath from the extinguisher-throw them out to get carted off to hospital and we wonīt be criticised?
It's an awkward call and thatīs why weīre paid megabucks (allegedly!!) to consider scenarios where there may be no clear answer.
The AB pax are lucky they didnīt get kicked out into the snow to break legs and sprain ankles and shiver in the cold til the ambulance(s) arrive.
I throw this issue open for reasoned discussion and await the brickbats.
