Exit rows
Oct 28, 2007 | 8:30 pm
#46
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Actually I've noticed that the exit row seatbelts are shorter than the regular row seatbelts. Maybe this is to keep unfit people out of those seats? Or I've just eaten too many Doubletree cookies lately.
Oct 28, 2007 | 9:21 pm
#47
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I, too, did the FA training tour at the DO, and opened the 735 plug. I'm telling you what: if there's a real emergency, after I check for smoke & fire, I'm opening that thing and CHUCKING IT OUT. Think about it: if there's a real emergency, you aren't going to have cooperative people around you. Lifting it over the row in front of you? Come on! If you went on this DO tour and did the simulated fire on the fire trainer 732, you know that the cabin filled with the densest smoke you've EVER seen in less than 10 seconds, and your visibility was less than a foot (forget looking for aislepath lighting while sitting - you won't be able to see it) you're going to get the h*ll off that aircraft as fast as possible. That plug is a goner - I'd try to remember to throw it forward off the wing, but its not getting tucked into 14A or F, no way.
The reason we were told for not tossing the door out is that it can get in your way while trying to exit/get off the wing and more importantly, it can puncture the wing. What's in the wing, the fuel tanks.
There is plenty not listed on the safety cards that you are expected to do in an emergency if you sit at the exit. The FA's will give you additional instructions if such a case is needed. Do people know about the safety line that acts like a hand rail that you have to attach to the wing?
Oct 28, 2007 | 10:16 pm
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Oct 28, 2007 | 11:01 pm
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There is plenty not listed on the safety cards that you are expected to do in an emergency if you sit at the exit. The FA's will give you additional instructions if such a case is needed. Do people know about the safety line that acts like a hand rail that you have to attach to the wing?
Oct 29, 2007 | 9:51 am
#50
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Re: Mr. Chicken or Beef.....I once saw an FA with that nametag, can't remember if it was CO or not....Mr. Chicknorbeef. Do we meet again?
And in regards to exit row hatches, let's face it. They have those things for federal safety rules and to make people feel better. You won't feel anything anyway.
And in regards to exit row hatches, let's face it. They have those things for federal safety rules and to make people feel better. You won't feel anything anyway.