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[-] Kolanaki@yiffit.net 59 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

If I'm sitting next to the emergency exit in the event of an emergency, I guarantee the door will be opened for everyone escaping the plane after me.

[-] bitwaba@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

"They said 'sir you can't sit here, this is a fire exit...'

As if there was a fire, I wasn't going to move."

[-] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 53 points 6 months ago

If shit really hits the fan you'll sober up in no time.

[-] rockerface@lemm.ee 22 points 6 months ago

Nothing like an ol' reliable adrenaline rush

[-] Frozengyro@lemmy.world 18 points 6 months ago

Or completely freeze in a panic...

[-] rockstarmode@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

Those people panic sober too.

NGL on the worst days, I absolutely do critical work after slamming a few pints or eating some edibles.

When I was younger, I absolutely did sober. But its getting harder and harder in my 40s.

The last emergency, it was Friday afternoon and I was blazed. Had to tell them I can't be the primary and my backup took the wheel.

[-] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 10 points 6 months ago

Maybe you should find a different line of work.

[-] Eheran@lemmy.world 3 points 6 months ago

Like the drunken Russian soldiers we get to see dieing? In other words: I doubt it. Is there actual proof for this happening? If so, how would the effect of alcohol be countered?

[-] TragicNotCute@lemmy.world 23 points 6 months ago

Adrenaline is a drug and in my experience when it kicks in, the impairment from other drugs abates pretty quick.

[-] rockerface@lemm.ee 11 points 6 months ago

If you think about it, it's pretty wild that we literally grew a drug dispenser to carry around at all time, just in case

[-] Eheran@lemmy.world 0 points 6 months ago

So is there a source for this?

[-] TragicNotCute@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

There’s tons of study on both alcohol and adrenaline’s effects on the body. As far as a study about sobering up because of adrenaline, a quick search didn’t yield any. Probably because of ethics concerns I’d imagine. But judging by the votes, a number of people have experienced this first hand.

[-] Eheran@lemmy.world 2 points 6 months ago

A few votes are clearly all we need. To me, it looks exactly the opposite: that this is at best a urban legend.

[-] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 5 points 6 months ago

I'm sure it worked the first few times. In a situation like that you'll be under constant stress, that's not at all comparable with suddenly finding yourself in an emergency.

[-] GBU_28@lemm.ee 49 points 6 months ago

I don't think you should do this if you are in an exit row. I know this isn't popular, but it feels like a lesser version of drunk driving to me.

My opinion. I don't make the rules.

[-] el_abuelo@lemmy.ml 26 points 6 months ago

I don't disagree with the first sentence but do disagree with the comparison. A driver is in constant control of the vehicle and has to make decisions on a second by second basis that could result in death. By comparison, the chance of anyone in an exit row even being in a plane accident is vanishingly small. Even smaller still the liklihood that they'll have to do anything (and be alive to do it)

[-] GBU_28@lemm.ee 13 points 6 months ago

Point being the event where you need to "drive" in the exit row (however rare) is a societal obligation, and should be taken remotely seriously (again acknowledging the changes are microscopic).

If you want to zonk out, at least do it in some other window seat so you don't impede an evacuation, however rare.

I wouldn't park by bike in front of a fire escape, as another example

[-] NecroParagon@lemm.ee 2 points 6 months ago

Thank you for being that considerate. We need more people to be like this.

[-] chiliedogg@lemmy.world 10 points 6 months ago

The doors remove themselves these days anyway!

[-] Ediacarium@feddit.de 3 points 6 months ago

So no drink&fly in exit rows on Boeing planes?

[-] rockSlayer@lemmy.world 41 points 6 months ago

On my last flight I was sky high on a 100mg cookie before we even finished boarding. We landed safely, I'm a hero

[-] teamevil@lemmy.world 6 points 6 months ago

Jesus Christ you must have landed 4 hours after your flight

[-] jol@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 6 months ago

Thank you for your service.

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[-] FozzyOsbourne@lemm.ee 5 points 6 months ago

Is this a thing? Are staff just palming off the safety protocols onto the passengers now?

[-] NewAgeOldPerson@lemmy.world 21 points 6 months ago

It's always been a thing. And it makes sense. If there is a problem within a tin can 30k+ feet in the air, we are all in it together.

[-] FozzyOsbourne@lemm.ee 1 points 6 months ago

Guess I don't catch enough planes to have ever got the excitement seats

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