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Post by Bridget in MD on Jul 28, 2025 13:34:27 GMT
I saw flight attendants commenting on this on TT this weekend and the general consensus is leave EVERYTHING. However, I know I'd probably grab my backpack at my feet, sling it on my back and go. If it were an actual fire, I may do the same thing. I hope to never find out. Same. |
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Post by milocat on Jul 28, 2025 14:01:06 GMT
The guy who had his coffee to go mug 🤦♀️
I understand that luggage, carry on or large backpacks can puncture the slide or get caught on something. I guess we as fliers should be more prepared. Pockets on pants with zippers, I've heard women should buy mens pants because they have deep pockets. Or have your few essentials in a fanny pack around your waist, wallet, passport, medicine, phone. Just because the cabin isn't filled with smoke or on fire doesn't mean you have time to geab your stuff. The fire could reach the cabin in a few more seconds or the doorway or something could explode leaving others still inside.
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Post by revirdsuba99 on Jul 28, 2025 14:12:37 GMT
Unfortunately no one knows how they will act in an emergency, unless they have practiced or done it before.
BTW: cargo pants are a great suggestion.
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Post by KikiPea on Jul 28, 2025 14:19:35 GMT
The rules say to leave EVERYTHING behind.
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Post by Anita on Jul 28, 2025 17:06:33 GMT
I wouldn't grab anything, but my travel purse is attached to me even during a flight, so I wouldn't take time to remove it. I'd just get up and run.
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Post by melanell on Jul 28, 2025 20:43:43 GMT
I saw more footage this morning and I'm going to call everyone out that carried a bag down the slide. It was clearly an emergency. People were panicked and were not thinking. Understandable, but follow instructions if you don't know what to do! I could hear flight attendants say leave your bags. And if you have life dependent medication, please consider would I do and carry it in a small fanny pack when you travel. I really never thought of that, myself. Which is why I think it's a great idea to get out there into the public more. I don't fly very often, so I don't have a list of tips and tricks in my mind, kwim? And I imagine others are the same. I have mastered the art of packing everything each of my family members needs for a weekend away into a backpack, so we could just keep it with us, but I always packaged all medications into clear bags inside of the backpack. So if I had advanced warning and if my mind was in the right place, I could have opened my bag while still in my seat and jammed my pills and inhalers into pockets, but going forward I'll come up with a better plan due to this conversation. I'm a rule follower and I would have just added to my own panic if I had been caught between feeling that as an asthmatic in a smoky situation, I should grab my inhalers and medications and not wanting to go against directions to leave my bags behind. |
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Post by papersilly on Jul 28, 2025 22:07:16 GMT
i have no problem with someone grabbing the bag they have stowed at their feet. i don't think i'd be happy if people held up the evacuation by reaching up into the bins and struggling to grab all of their carryon. i would think the most important stuff is at your feet and not up in the overhead bins.
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