Everytime during the briefing before going to the dunker training, if the instructor doesn't say it, I say to the offshore workers on the course:" don't expect that the pilots will help you out, if the cabin is full of water. You have to know the procedure and get out by yourself."
But if I end up in a situation like the pume still floating but upside down
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I hope that I would anything to try to open the doors, and getting acess that way to the cabin to check for pax.
Not trying to be a hero, but like anyone else in the cockpit, I do feel a big responsebility for the pax onboard.