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I don't know how to interpret that.I am saying that the line is not drawn with a thin, crisp point.
I don't know how to interpret that.I am saying that the line is not drawn with a thin, crisp point.
One of the requirements is the minimum age. That is a sharp line. One day before a passenger's 15th birthday they can not sit in the exit row, the next day they can.I don't know how to interpret that.
Firetruck if I know.. Could you ask your friend why the question?
Yeah and he was probably 18 when he did that. Same guy is now 97. Mobility may have changed slightly over 79 yearsOne rule of thumb I have is to maybe give the edge to the guy who's survived being shot at by Germans with machine guns. Might not be perfect, but he's got some survival skills.
Yep, could've been mobility that provided the save, and could've just been luck. Maybe fate, but that's really not I think I hold with much weight. My bet would be on being able to think when other people freeze, and being able to make good life changing choices. Those traits last longer than mobility and speed, in the general sense.Yeah and he was probably 18 when he did that. Same guy is now 97. Mobility may have changed slightly over 79 years
I always snickered when I was in an exit row and the preflight briefing instructions were to calmly place the removed panel on the row of seats, etc. as if one was opening a closet door looking for a mopThe overwing exit doors on newer 737's are much easier to open than the old ones. The old ones you had to take the door out of the frame and put in on a seat or throw it out.
FYIHaha fair enough. He asks because many of us are well into our 40’s now and are senior managers or (in the industry of this forum) mid level Captains at major airlines now, so “he” always wonders if “millennial” is more of a euphamism for something else that was generationally accurate 15-20 years ago. To be concise, I think you are talking about “Gen Z” here. I wouldn’t be surprised if they knew nothing about WWII. They dont even remember 9/11, which us millennials were either in college for, or actively fighting in OEF/OIF shortly thereafter.
The airplanes which show leaving the door inside are the ones with inflatable slides at the over-wing exits. Throwing the door outside can damage the slide. Airplanes without slides have you throw them outside. In either case, the evacuation certification tests were conducted following the manufacturer's exit door procedure.I'm thinking if I open the exit, the door is going out the hole with me right behind it.
If you are flammable and have legs, you are never blocking the fire exit.