Originally Posted by NTA
... there are people walking around the cabin, there are trollies in the aisles, there is hot coffee in the pots, there are children aboard the plane - there are old ladies tottering to the loo, how many other reasons do you want . . !?!?
So what? What do you expect those you mentioned do? And do I then wait until they are all "organised" before
I actually do anything? Judging by your concerns, and as I mentioned before, none of the pax have heard of the term "Emergency Descent"...it's certainly not mentioned in the pax brief...I would be better off announcing "stop what you're doing and hang on! Big rough dive coming shortly!".
Besides, as with a TCAS RA response, an Emergency Descent is a smooth, controlled manoeuvre that will not skittle anybody in the cabin, including trolleys. You freight dogs might chuck the aeroplane around, but I don't.
