Good luck in your application, but the modern Police don’t want ppl who get stuck in.

I couldn’t be a copper.
When guilty scum escapes on technicalities, I couldn’t let it be. They’d have to be sorted.
And when you do all the work to nail a scumbag, only to have some judge with a life knowledge of nil give out a tiny sentance.
(a) Because he is under pressure to keep ppl out of the nick.
(b) Because the defence lawyer knew his father and is from a better school etc. (Even though they are trying to wipe out the “Links” in the system)
(c) Judges and Lawyers are there to protect the law, not the people. That’s why a defence lawyer can defend somebody that is clearly guilty. The law itself is defended.

Just curious how you would propose to get people into a real-life “emergency” state of mind for a practice drill?

As I stated, “Could it ever”

You can’t. But improving the certification process would mean using GenPub instead of employees. This also has problems.

(a) They’d want paying.
(b) Security of letting 300+ non employees onto an Aircraft plant.
(c) The evac would fail. The A/c would need FAR more doors, which means far higher production cost / more expensive aeroplanes/ higher fares. It aint gonna happen.
Doors and windows are a structural nightmare on an aircraft, the extra beefed up doublers around the frames for a start. The doors (Each one)themselves are as expensive as a decent family car.

All we can hope for is that on the pax list there are enough sensible people that DID pay attention to the evac procedure, enough dinner ladies to shout and guide you (If you can’t see the floor lights) and then launch ppl out of the door feet first…..and a whole lot of luck.

re the Hudson incident, the crew of that must have done their duty exceedingly well. The pax walking out onto the wing were not in panick mode as far as I could see.

For the record I wasnt saying they couldnt build a triple decker. I just dont think it would be successful. Theres still if’s and but’s about the A380’s success and thats a double decker. I’m also curious about how long it would take to mass evacuate a triple-decker during emergencies too. 🙂

Yes, top deck evac. would be a problem. 2nd deck is a problem anyway…so is 1 deck. There are hundreds of ppl cramming out of 6 doors, you need a reverse bouncer to launch them through the door in order to get it moving.

All evac. certifications are fatally flawed. Get a selection of company employees (Ppl who are familiar with the A/c, not the average chav/pikey that is likely to be unaware where all the exits etc. are because they never pay attention to the Vids etc.) to sit in the A/c.
Rehearse it 3 or 4 times (Having been pre-warned to turn up for work in slip-on shoes). Then evacuate within X minutes in front of the Cert board.
I’ve done two so far, and that is exactly what happens.

Doesn’t reflect the real situation, but could it ever?
When your underpants are on fire, your mind doesn’t think properly.

The only “incident” I’ve been involved in was a smoke filled cabin (It wasn’t smoke – it was a cloud of condensation caused by a pressure difference) but a great many people immediately panicked and reached for their possesions and duty frees! NOT procedure!

In the first picture, the trees are OK bt the buildings are burnt.

Beauty!

Critics would say it’s a shame the outboard Flap-track fairing obscures some of the logo (Especially as it’s the Roo’s face).

Mr Rowell and other Ozzies.

Hope you are not burned out. I hear the fires are getting bad.

Just watched Pearl HarboUr on some insignificant sat. channel.
I very much enjoyed it, I don’t care about the few innacuracies which people may point out. I enjoyed the film, the SFX and I drooled over the main gal.
And that’s what telly is all about isn’t it?

No way… 🙂

Agreed!
Getting warmer also costs a lot of money.
Getting cooler means dipping in your pool. Or a cold bath if you are poor.