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Old Sep 26, 2006 | 10:48 am
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Originally Posted by PHL
What does having an automatic deployment buy you in a real emergency? I mean, if you have to open the door anyway, why not have a manual mechanism to also deploy the slide?
Because that would be 2 steps instead of 1. I wouldn't want anyone having to think anymore than they have to in an emergency situation.
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