My take on Rat's original question was more "let's talk about it and see if there can be a shift in emphasis" on Emergency Descents rather than getting into minutiae about ToUC, colds, skydivers etc etc.
That's what I was doing, I think it's a very valid point Rat has brought up so was trying to get to the nuts and bolts of where the greatest risk lies.
Weeeell, the lights may have been on but I'd doubt anyone was home.
For sure, that's why I prefaced the comment with " for interests sake".
Most pilots I have chatted to about the accident are surprised to learn that the pax were still alive. It's interesting in my book, I meant nothing more.
Whoa! No-one is talking about cruising at 30k for 3 hours!! RAT asked why we scream straight down to 10k rather than, say, 14k and ease off.
I understand that and addressed Rats main point clearly. As I said above, the reference to Helios was purely a point of interest. I'll try to be more clear with my wording in the future.