Guppy,
You are very defensive and not all that informative. You like to sound knowledgeable but don't back your information up with evidence for your statements and opinions.
I think you are missing the point. Fires should be given as little opportunity as is feasable to develop. I am not stating there are any miracle cures... I have stated one limitation in current fire suppressants and was not being exhaustive. More needs to be done to develop existing systems.
However current systems are more effective than you would like to suggest.
Suppression will still give you more time than a lack of suppression!
Your statements are very defeatist and argumentative as opposed to productive or constructive in nature.
My personal opinion about EVAS is that it is a great system to counter the effects of smoke in the flight deck... But it only treats the symptoms and not the cause!
By the way, many cargo outfits have fleets of aircraft with suppression in the lower holds... even in Europe! I am not completely ignorant to the Cargo sector and just accepting that this is the way we have always done things is pretty weak.
