[Off The Reservation]

(12-01-2016 06:50 PM)Cattle Rustler Wrote:  

Whoever planned that flight path and authorized is stupid as fuck.

I know nothing about planes, but know that the path to Colombia is mountainous. But no way in hell would I fucking let a plane go somewhere within it's maximum reach.You need some extra fuel in case you get stuck in a waiting pattern or change route due to weather. In a car? Yeah, I've stretched it to the point the gas thank is below E, nothing happens then. But on a plane? Fuck no, it's not like you can just park next to a cloud.

Exactly.

[EvanWilson]

(11-30-2016 04:27 AM)Cattle Rustler Wrote:  

(11-29-2016 10:59 PM)General Stalin Wrote:  

Serious question, why aren't commercial aircraft equipped with parachutes under every seat?

I imagine there would be a very high rate of survival in the event of a crash if people could just jump out the emergency exits and parachute safely to the ground...

Parachutes add weight to the plane, and they will most likely never be used....so airlines have no incentive to provide them as it cuts into their profits.

Most airlines have actually removed the floating device in case the place crashes into a lake or ocean....because they wanted to save a few dollars in fuel.

Why don’t Commercial Airplanes have Parachutes?:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ISREt4Q6XKA

I ran across a youtube video that discussed this issue. Apparently, the problem with using a parachute is that one really needs some training in order to be able to do a successful jump. This includes a few times with an instructor to take part in practice jumps, before a person is really up for a solo jump, so having parachutes is viewed as a waste of weight and resources, since someone putting on one from a crashing plane, would probably not be able to make a successful jump anyways.


However, along those same lines of thinking, I also recent came across a small personal jet that does have an emergency parachute for the entire plane.

AIRFRAME PARACHUTE
http://cirrusaircraft.com/innovation/air...parachute/

A story about the company in Barron's cited to about 135 incidents with the airframe parachute allowed the incident to end with everyone surviving. (i.e No one ended up getting killed.)