Originally Posted by
Tankengine
OK, I am in the cockpit pre-flighting and there is a cargo or APU fire warning.
I try to contact the engineer through the headset, no joy.
I call ATC, they cannot see us as we are behind the terminal - they can see some smoke.
Smoke appears in cockpit, cabin crew yell there is smoke in the cabin.
Do I ? : 1. keep trying to call anyone for assistance.?
2. Packup my navbag and go for a coffee in the terminal.?
3. Call for an evacuation, or at very least a rapid disembarkation. ?
In (1 and 2) and there are fatalities I would suggest I would be screwed.
In (3) and something went wrong and there were fatalities I reckon I did what I could.
Fair thread drift from crew priority over pax though!
3 of course and yes, that's what I was getting at I reckon you'd be fine after electing option 3.
And yes, how we got to this after someone was bashed and dragged out the door of a UA aircraft is quite entertaining.