Enough of this frivolity, the Safety Police act in our own best interests. One could fly in an Air Atlantique Dakota until a couple of years ago when EC regulations decreed that all public transport aircraft with exit heights above ground level must be fitted with escape slides. AirA worked wonders but even they baulked at the design and maintenance costs involved in this mod.
I would think those who travelled to Arnhem and such places would have been very relieved to jump from their Daks, knowing that an EC descent is a safe descent.