Bad Week for Airbus

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On Nov 24, 1:15 pm, Mxsmanic wrote:
I think a lot
of parents are too stupid to understand this, however.

Maybe, but I think it's just an instinctive reaction to help your kid
first.


It's really a pretty simple concept, but I've never had it explained on an
airline. I don't understand how someone could draw a conclusion that parents
are too 'stupid' to understand. Maybe if it's beyond someone's ability to
understand, they would project that 'stupidity' on anyone else who doesn't
understand, whether or not it's ever been explained.

On Nov 24, 6:02 pm, "nobody" wrote:
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On Nov 24, 1:15 pm, Mxsmanic wrote:
I think a lot
of parents are too stupid to understand this, however.

Maybe, but I think it's just an instinctive reaction to help your kid
first.

It's really a pretty simple concept, but I've never had it explained on an
airline. I don't understand how someone could draw a conclusion that parents
are too 'stupid' to understand. Maybe if it's beyond someone's ability to
understand, they would project that 'stupidity' on anyone else who doesn't
understand, whether or not it's ever been explained.

Actually the flight attendant says it in every pre-flight emergency
briefing. You are right that it is a simple concept, and I don't know
anyone who is too stupid to understand it. Based on his posts, I
think Mxsmanic has a desperate need to try to make himself feel
superior. He just doesn't realize just how transparent it is. As you
implied, his comments say a lot more about him than anything else.

"BB" == Bertie the Bunyip writes:

BB An explosive decompression can do a lot of damage to the
BB body. Sinuses, ears lungs..

"Explosive decompression (ED) refers to a sudden marked drop in the
pressure of a system that occurs in less than 0.1 seconds, associated
with explosive violence. Generally it results from some sort of
material fatigue or engineering failure, causing a contained system to
suddenly vent into the external atmosphere."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Explosive_decompression

Not a chance the Airbus experienced *explosive* decompression.

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Phil wrote in
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Actually the flight attendant says it in every pre-flight emergency
briefing. You are right that it is a simple concept, and I don't know
anyone who is too stupid to understand it. Based on his posts, I

It is explained on every pre-flight briefing, but I don't think it's because
they think people are too stupid to understand it. Just that there may be
people on board who don't fly frequently enough to remember it if there were
to be an actual emergency.

Now SEATBELTS they explain because they think people are stupid...

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Maybe, but I think it's just an instinctive reaction to help your kid
first.

It's an emotional reaction, and people who are stupid are more likely to allow
their behavior to be directed by emotion. Unfortunately, in this case (and in
many other cases), yielding to emotion rather than reason leaves people dead.

nobody writes:

It's really a pretty simple concept, but I've never had it explained on an
airline. I don't understand how someone could draw a conclusion that parents
are too 'stupid' to understand.

If they aren't stupid, they'll figure out for themselves why they should put
on their own masks first.

Phil writes:

Actually the flight attendant says it in every pre-flight emergency
briefing. You are right that it is a simple concept, and I don't know
anyone who is too stupid to understand it.

Then why do flight attendants point it out on every flight?

Phil writes:

Amazing. I never would have guessed that you could get a spinal
injury from the decompression itself.

Bubbles in the CNS after sudden decompression can cause serious neurological
symptoms and persistent sequelae, but it's a very rare complication.

Phil wrote in
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On top of last week's A340 incident, now an A330 experienced a sudden
depressurization on a shakedown flight. Among the injuries to


What exactly is a shakedown flight? Is that when a bunch of guys in white
suits with crooked noses make sure they get their vig of the flight time?

On Nov 24, 9:01 pm, Mxsmanic wrote:
Phil writes:
Actually the flight attendant says it in every pre-flight emergency
briefing. You are right that it is a simple concept, and I don't know
anyone who is too stupid to understand it.

Then why do flight attendants point it out on every flight?

Ever heard of lawyers?