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Old Aug 27, 2011 | 2:20 am
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Originally Posted by BingBongBoy
Black friction strips at the bottom of the slides, to low you down before you go flying off the end... Trust me, they can smart a bit if you accidentally touch one when you are approaching the bottom... I got a lovely burn on my arm off one when I first joined... 747 slide I think it was...
Is that just on the 747 slide? A few years back BA use to invite GCHs to have a session at Cranebank, so I've been down that 737 slide and just went flying off the edge as far as I recall.

Incidentally, the 747 slide is not for the faint hearted. Having scrummed down against South African props I'm not easily spooked, but the 747 slide is a huge way up and it takes some bottle to go down it. Unless you see it, it's difficult to put it into words. So I have enormous respect for the BA staff who routinely have to go through this training. Though I guess you'd get an adrenaline rush afterwards!

And something for those in UD to bear in mind: if there is an emergency I would not want to be old/frail and pushed out down a very long slide.......
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