This thread is an example of what is wrong with cabin crew training in airlines. Pointless, trivial rubbish is taught, trained, discussed and examined. The cabin crew safety trainers are so far from reality it's criminal. Instead of focusing on "Big Picture" stuff, detritus like this keeps bobbing up to the surface.
This thread shows what happens on a real evacuation (which may have been caused by yet another
"smoke" incident). I don't believe anybody has ever really thought through what happens in an evacuation AND then followed it through to see a change in safety procedures. Lessons learnt from Kegworth (British Midland 737-400) did result in a changed "brace" position but seat pitches have come so reduced as to make these changes pointless.
EASA won't make things better either. This is another Euro-drinking-social club for those who can't get real job. They won't make a decision even if their lives depended on it. What we really need is a clean slate and new procedures written for the people who actually fly designed by those who understand aircraft, crew and passengers in distress.
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