Comment Re:No kidding! (Score 1) 601
A. Putting a parachute on takes enough time that if you aren't wearing it, it's not going to help you in anything but the most unlikely circumstances.
Bullshit, its a backpack, possibly with a waiststrap
B. I'm sure you've noticed those little masks that drop from the ceiling in "the event of sudden air pressure loss". Those are needed because most commercial flights operate high enough that there so little oxygen (or air pressure) outside you'd be unconscious in a matter of seconds without supplimental oxygen.
but if its falling from the sky, surely it will reach a height where the pressure is ok and you can jump - say 20K-10K feet?
C. Unlike exploding cars, those action movies where the hero opens the hatch on a plane and everything suddenly gets sucked out aren't that far off from the truth. Overpressure in the cabin means even at low altitude, opening that hatch is likely to get a lot of people hurt.
Yeh and that crashing into the ground and turning into a massive fireball hurts a lot of people too
D. Actually, parachutes require a lot of training to use properly. Even if you got one on, and the plane was low enough to jump, and you didn't get screwed over when the door opened and suddenly everyone is in a pile in the aisle, you still have a really low chance of actually surviving the fall.
see above
I understand all of these argument, but I still think that people who hold these views would think differently if they were in a plane that was falling from the sky with no hope of recovery...
