jump seat Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 “Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. All you folks in coach, please immediately exit the plane on the starboard wing and stand in 35 degree water up to your knees. First class passengers, please exit through the galley where we have a Zodiac 650 inflatable raft and continental breakfast waiting for you.” Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blues deville Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 Very funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rattler Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 “Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. All you folks in coach, please immediately exit the plane on the starboard wing and stand in 35 degree water up to your knees. First class passengers, please exit through the galley where we have a Zodiac 650 inflatable raft and continental breakfast waiting for you.” and on the other hand.... REALITY: It's Safer In the Back. The funny thing about all those expert opinions: They're not really based on hard data about actual airline accidents. A look at real-world crash stats, however, suggests that the farther back you sit, the better your odds of survival. Passengers near the tail of a plane are about 40 percent more likely to survive a crash than those in the first few rows up front. That's the conclusion of an exclusive Popular Mechanics study that examined every commercial jet crash in the United States, since 1971, that had both fatalities and survivors. The raw data from these 20 accidents has been languishing for decades in National Transportation Safety Board files, waiting to be analyzed by anyone curious enough to look and willing to do the statistical drudgework. And drudgework it was. For several weeks, we pored over reports filed by NTSB crash investigators, and studied seating charts that showed where each passenger sat and whether they lived or died. We then calculated the average fore-and-aft seating position of both survivors and fatalities for each crash. We also compared survival rates in four sections of the aircraft. Both analytical approaches clearly pointed to the same conclusion: It's safer in the back. In 11 of the 20 crashes, rear passengers clearly fared better. Only five accidents favored those sitting forward. Three were tossups, with no particular pattern of survival. In one case, seat positions could not be determined. http://www.popularmechanics.com/science/ai...ce/4219452.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kip Powick Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 The tail section is the best place to sit..... That is the section they always find first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
deicer Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 The tail section is the best place to sit..... That is the section they always find first. Especially if you're sitting next to the African American woman wearing no knickers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest woxof Posted January 22, 2009 Share Posted January 22, 2009 Apparently USAirways is going to give them their frequent flyer miles. 5 each. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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