Aeroplane evacuees:
Do not inflate your lifejacket until you have exited the aircraft, so as not to impede your exit.
(cybersquatter_, Sun 22 Mar 2009, 18:26, 5 replies, latest was 16 years ago)

This is not the place
for such sensible practical advice!
( Noeli overtheshoulderboulderholderthingstraplatchboobs, Mon 23 Mar 2009, 16:17, Reply)

Nonsense!
An inflated jacket is excellent for barging lesser people out the way as you leave.
( Cadmus has teh uplikn coeds at, Mon 23 Mar 2009, 22:34, Reply)

Getting out alive
A study in the States a long while ago did a test. On a mock-up plane, they told everyone to leave in an orderly fashion, and timed the number out within a minute (or whatever the time limit is on survival in a burning plane).

They then told something like 10% that on the next go, they didn't have to wait in line, and could barge their way out, climbing over chairs, etc.

On the second go, no more got out, but of the ones that pushed, nearly all of them survived.

The moral? Fight your way out to ensure you don't burn (on earth - maybe in hell though).
(Kliper Filllets Getting noticed by twats on the internet since, Tue 24 Mar 2009, 12:23, Reply)

eh?
In this mock up, did actually they kill the ones that didn't push or something? That's roleplaytastic!
( crackhouseceilidhband Fuck off back to Mumsnet, Wed 25 Mar 2009, 21:37, Reply)

Nice thought
Unfortunately, I think it was hypothetical time-based survivals.

I would, however, personally endorse the culling of fat Americans that block the isles when you're trying to exit a plane. They're the first up before the plane stops, then wedge themselves in, subjecting you to the view of their massive arse while they extract their luggage from the lockers.
/rant
(Kliper Filllets Getting noticed by twats on the internet since, Thu 26 Mar 2009, 9:18, Reply)