Rivetting SAA 747 Incident Jo'Burg - Mauritius (Two Versions)
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No one expects the SLF to be instantly aware of technical matters or the background behind decisions made by flight crew but it is frustrating to see outrageous quotes or demands from passengers after an event
But think yourself lucky. If your job was like mine, at the end of every flight they'd hand out feedback forms to the SLF asking them to rate your airmanship. And if you got less than 70% approval there'd be big trouble.
A little griping on your bulletin board is nothing.
GlueBall
Mt Everest isn't the problem here, none of the airways I know of in that area route over the big one. However the whole Tibetan plateau is (a) bleedin big and (b) bleedin high. If you have a decompression in that area it will take you a considerable period of time to reach an area where the MSAs allow you to descend to 14k or less, hence the comments from others about sopplementary Oxygen on some routes.
Mt Everest isn't the problem here, none of the airways I know of in that area route over the big one. However the whole Tibetan plateau is (a) bleedin big and (b) bleedin high. If you have a decompression in that area it will take you a considerable period of time to reach an area where the MSAs allow you to descend to 14k or less, hence the comments from others about sopplementary Oxygen on some routes.
