Originally Posted by
sbm12
Maybe entertaining as a satire piece, and I agree that the routine is pretty entertaining, but, at the same time, AF managed to evacuate a fully loaded wide body that was caught fire on landing at YYZ a few months ago. I'm clearly not going to argue that lack of recline allowed that to happen, but it is worth considering that some of the plans make sense.
Oh, don't get me wrong, there's definite value to the demonstration and most of the safety measures that are in force... My point was that at 30,000+ft, the likelihood of surviving an exit from an aircraft through the over-wing exits is so slim that it's none. So the old FAA rule about being able to fully recline in the Exit Rows above 10,000ft was sufficient.