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Speaking of flights and airlines, if all goes to plan, I should be exiting a 757 via the emergency slide(!) sometime tomorrow

Posted by JD (aka Jason Dean) May 2 '23, 07:46

I'm participating in Northwest Pacific Airways' "Demonstration of emergency evacuation procedures" as part of their final steps to FAA certification.

Well at least I think I get to down the slide. I know that at least half of them have to be deployed

Title 14 Section 121.291 Demonstration of emergency evacuation procedures. (ecfr.io)

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That sounds fantastic. Remember to take off your shoes! -- nm - loosilu May 2, 08:12 5
- Only shoes (like heels) that can puncture the slide I thought? -- nm - ty97 May 2, 08:13 4
  - I don't know but I bet some sneakers can snag and twist your ankle or knee (hence the torn meniscus). -- nm - loosilu May 2, 08:17
  - JD could be wearing heels for this adventure, we simply don't know. - Pippy can't read May 2, 08:15 2
    - I could be but see your comment with regards to the GA standing area -- nm - JD May 2, 08:17 1
      - L3! -- nm - Pippy can't read May 2, 08:31
😺😺😺 -- nm - crash davis 😺 May 2, 08:07
Fun! Just remember to take your heels off first. -- nm - mafic May 2, 07:54 1
- AND LEAVE YOUR CARRYON BAG BEHIND. -- nm - ty97 May 2, 08:03
they should sell tickets to do this. Ha! please careful though. The most common injury from going down an airplane slide is knee meniscus tear - Pippy can't read May 2, 07:53 4
- I had to look this up! also common: Friction injuries from the slide, minor injuries from hitting the pavement at the bottom. -- nm - loosilu May 2, 08:14
- I didn't know which injury was most common (Pippy FTW) but yeah, every time there is a (real) plane evacuation, there are some injuries. -- nm* - ty97 May 2, 08:02
- I love that we have people here that know stuff like this -- nm - prayformojo 🐵 May 2, 07:54 1
  - right? -- nm - Andie May 2, 07:58
Well now I'm jealous. - ty97 May 2, 07:50 7
- That original plan is still the plan. The timeline for them to be able to fly paying passengers moved ahead of the schedule for Anchorage ops to be - JD May 2, 07:55 3
  - What the holdup at ANC? Seems they'd be able to handle this. - ty97 May 2, 08:01 2
    - The airline's maintenance depot isn't fully up to speed -- (edited) - JD May 2, 08:10 1
      - Hmmm, this all sounds like excuses for "we can't fly over Russia anymore" :) -- nm - ty97 May 2, 08:12
- Also, LYC, while I don't know which of their four planned aircraft it will be, they are all former American Airlines planes. - ty97 May 2, 07:52 2
  - Tangent. For some weird reason I have a memory of of my first time flying a 757, probably early ‘90s, and thought it was really neat. -- (edited) - znufrii 🦄 May 2, 08:05 1
    - 757s take off really fast (lots of power) which is pretty neat - ty97 May 2, 08:14
You need a catch phrase for when you make the plunge - decline May 2, 07:50
that's pretty cool. -- nm - Andie May 2, 07:48

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