Kerosene Kraut
So maybe we need to rethink the evacuation time limits then? 90 Seconds through half the doors with cabin luggage?
Indeed.
I have thought for 20 years that the evac times are the result of guesswork, ridiculously unreal tests and managment 'push' to get the machine approved for as many seats as possible.
I am fortunate not to have been involved in even a precautionary evac but I expect that most pax will respond as per instinct - not procedure. They will:
- Head for the door they entered by
- Take baggage - large and small
- Not remove high heeled shoes
- Obese people will obstruct others
- Some will tramp over others
- and the rest.
It's human nature and (in my view of PAXing for 47 years) is that no planned test can ever predict what will happen. We know what happens when events like this occur. But, as is always said, every prang is different.