The horror of the narrowness of the REAR LAV of a DL a321
Aug 24, 2023, 9:58 am
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The FAA demonstrably is not interested in requiring minimum space and sizing on aircraft nor in re-evaluating safety of proper evacuation in the event of an emergency. Airlines are allowed to get away with paper exercises showing they can 'evacuate' pax, even though more seats are added and spacing between seats has dropped from when the original live studies and qualifications were done. If you actually try to evacuate a plane like a 739 now full of representative pax (normal mix of travelers, not experts coached in how to get off the plane quickly) then they will miserably fail the requirement to exit in the allotted amount of time.
Aug 24, 2023, 2:41 pm
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Aug 24, 2023, 5:16 pm
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Aug 25, 2023, 12:06 pm
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Aug 25, 2023, 1:06 pm
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The FAA demonstrably is not interested in requiring minimum space and sizing on aircraft nor in re-evaluating safety of proper evacuation in the event of an emergency. Airlines are allowed to get away with paper exercises showing they can 'evacuate' pax, even though more seats are added and spacing between seats has dropped from when the original live studies and qualifications were done. If you actually try to evacuate a plane like a 739 now full of representative pax (normal mix of travelers, not experts coached in how to get off the plane quickly) then they will miserably fail the requirement to exit in the allotted amount of time.
Unfortunately, it will take a full ten years for the new rules to take effect, during which time Delta's going to populate their fleet exclusively with narrowbodies featuring crappy crappers.
Aug 25, 2023, 2:35 pm
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There, fixed it for you.
Aug 25, 2023, 9:02 pm
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This is yet another industry trend to maximize space in the cabin so they can cram in yet one additional row of seats. This, frankly, is one area that the FAA needs to look at. How can this be ADA compliant? Even people of, dare I say, "normal" size find this easy to use? What about mobility limited people like the elderly? Or parents who need to accompany a child into the lav? If there's one place that probably does need some regulation this is a shining one.