Which is more useful in a passenger plane, parachutes or life vests? Why?
1) The pilot in command of the aircraft is responsible for ensuring that anybody on the aircraft with a parachute is capable of operating it safely. This is unnecessarly burdensome for commercial operations. 2) Parachutes are not something that just anyone could put on properly. Putting on a parachute improperly can cause serious injury or death. 3) Jumping from an airliner at crusing altitude requires supplimetal oxygen, which requires special training. 4) Jumping from ANY altitude requires special training for that matter. A normal ground school is 6 to 8 hours. 5) Parachutes are expensive. Mine cost 1200GPB (about 2500USD) and that was nearly 15 years ago. Supplying one for every passenger on an airplane would be prohibitive (especially with supplimetal oxygen). 6) Opening a door on a pressurized airplane is extremely dangerous (even at lower altitudes). 7) They don’t make parachutes for children or pregnant women. Also people weighing over about 18 stone would need a special parach
