Its interesting to read several posters here suggesting that remaining onboard may be a safer option during an external fire than evacuating pax into a hazardous situation. I guess it puts a lot of faith in the RFF.
The various training events/sims/crm's etc I have been involved in with several airlines over the years have only ever trained to evacuate in the event of fire.
Can someone point me in the direction of some study/document/guidance/publication that argues that it may be safer in some circumstances to remain onboard? When exactly is a fire considered under control?
I first became aware of this line of thinking when reading the report into the QF 380 incident in SIN. Apparently the skipper did no want to evac the pax because of the possibility of fire breaking out. But isnt that the exact reason you would WANT to evacuate?