Obviously as crew members, we have known about this for some time....I'm somewhat surprised it took this long to reach the light of day.
The majority of decrompression events resulting in mask deployment are gradual events where sudden loss of consciousness is unlikely and PAX will have time to get to a seat and grab a mask. Explosive Decompression where sudden LOC might happen is very rare, but in those events, the Flight Attendants have walkaround O2 bottles and we've been briefing them to clear the lavs in a loss of pressurization event on modded aircraft. I wouldn't lose any sleep over this.
Originally Posted by
SamuelS
For instance, on a European carrier's longhaul flights........ the equipment carried is superior and can also be accessed by the crew (doctors box etc).
Would you care to delineate the 'superior' equipment that I've been missing all these years so I can know my deficiencies?