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Doofus said:
I just don't see why they can't put another pair (1 left, 1 right) halfway between the front and the overwing doors, and another similar pair halfway between the wings and the back.
It won't add a lot of weight, and it won't significantly compromise rigidity, surely?
Grab an empty coke can, twist it. Grab another, poke a few holes in the middle, twist again.It won't add a lot of weight, and it won't significantly compromise rigidity, surely?
Each set of doors requires greater seat pitch too. 2 more sets of doors will probably cost, what, 6 seats? More? Even without considering the passengers who won't be onboard at Maximum Take Off Weight thanks to the weight of the doors. Those tickets will quickly add up to a lot of lost revenue for no reduction in operating cost.
FourWheelDrift said:
Mr Will said:
Why stop there? Why not ejector seats? The mental image of 550 passengers being launched simultaneously out of an A380 is quite wonderful!
Especially those on the lower deck.
Doofus said:
I just don't see why they can't put another pair (1 left, 1 right) halfway between the front and the overwing doors, and another similar pair halfway between the wings and the back.
It won't add a lot of weight, and it won't significantly compromise rigidity, surely?
Every modern airliner can be fully evacuated in under 90 seconds. Do you really think two extra sets of doors would make a significant difference? It won't add a lot of weight, and it won't significantly compromise rigidity, surely?
RizzoTheRat said:
FourWheelDrift said:
Mr Will said:
Why stop there? Why not ejector seats? The mental image of 550 passengers being launched simultaneously out of an A380 is quite wonderful!
Especially those on the lower deck.RizzoTheRat said:
FourWheelDrift said:
Mr Will said:
Why stop there? Why not ejector seats? The mental image of 550 passengers being launched simultaneously out of an A380 is quite wonderful!
Especially those on the lower deck.Mr Will said:
Every modern airliner can be fully evacuated in under 90 seconds. Do you really think two extra sets of doors would make a significant difference?
I do if everybody wants to collect their bags from the overhead on the way out, yes.I have flown a lot in the past. A lot. I've only had two emergency evacs, though, and in both cases they went well, because they were business flights, populated by people who could tie their own shoelaces, and knew how to behave sensibly. These days, the majority of my flights are with people in beachwear who go through life with a sense of entitlement, and given most of them are a sight fatter than me, and won't respond to pushing, I really doubt that 90 second target is could be achieved.
Doofus said:
Mr Will said:
Every modern airliner can be fully evacuated in under 90 seconds. Do you really think two extra sets of doors would make a significant difference?
I do if everybody wants to collect their bags from the overhead on the way out, yes.I have flown a lot in the past. A lot. I've only had two emergency evacs, though, and in both cases they went well, because they were business flights, populated by people who could tie their own shoelaces, and knew how to behave sensibly. These days, the majority of my flights are with people in beachwear who go through life with a sense of entitlement, and given most of them are a sight fatter than me, and won't respond to pushing, I really doubt that 90 second target is could be achieved.
78 seconds using only half the slides.
More doors will only add more confusion.
Nanook said:
Doofus said:
Have more emergency exits?
Holes in longitudinally effective structure cost weight, strength and stiffness.I design ships, not planes, but it's why we keep external openings to a minimum.
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