Originally Posted by
blimey
Hell's teeth
If I'd have been a passenger I'd have ordered my own evacuation and no amount of 'sit down sir' would have stopped me.
Google: British Airtours Flight 28M if you want to know what could have been the outcome - I thought we'd learnt that lesson.
And possibly earned yourself a mention in the Accident Report as the person that breached the hull and allowed smoke and flame into the cabin from the fire you couldn't see under the aircraft, that led to an Air Tours level loss of life.
Sullenberger's ditching into the Hudson was good but the evacuation using overwing and forward exits only was almost a failure as "
One rear door was opened by a panicking passenger, causing the A320 to fill more quickly with water. The flight attendant in the rear who attempted to reseal the rear door was unable to do so."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/US_Air...549#Evacuation
As pax you do not have the information that the crew have - your panic could kill you and others. And yes I know that in most incidents 90 seconds to depart the aircraft is the magic figure for survival. But that is
most incidents
not all.