The advent of digital systems has clearly had some kind of feedback effect on humanity and we are seeking binary solutions to all problems. Surely between the 90 second certification requirement for pax evacuation and the 15 or so minutes required for disembarkation via stairs on the runway there is some middle ground?
Passengers can be evacuated in an orderly fashion, without being shoved off, and given enough time to leave the bottom of the slide so pileups do not form. Should further evidence of an actual fire present itself the evacuation can be briskly expedited to run-for-your-life speed. Should CC not apply this kind of common sense when dealing with a situation like this? I am not criticising the CC personally, as I expect they are obliged to follow typical dumbed down SOPs.
Golf-Sierra