Originally Posted by
blimey
As a pro, it doesn't matter what the fire services may at some stage be capable of, you have an uncontained fire, you're sat in an aluminium tube, you have lots of flammable liquids contained therein. You have to evacuate. No ifs no buts, you have to get out. There is no other advice doing the training rounds which is contrary to that.
Except that a lot of that "flammable liquid contained within" may not actually be contained within (it may be running out and under the aircraft).
Here's a question: "If you had reason to believe that the fuel was pooling under the aircraft - and was on fire - and was spreading - would you still initiate an evacuation if you knew that the slides would be burning almost immediately, or would you "tough it out" and remain inside if you could see 6 state of the art appliances 500m away"?