2007-07-27 11:22:11 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Cars & Transportation ➔ Aircraft
This is pretty funny! No commercial airliner has an ejection seat. The only planes that have them are fighter jets, and perhaps a few other military aircraft.
2007-07-27 11:35:43 · answer #1 · answered by DanKoko 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pilots are trained to do what ever possible to correct the crash. I have heard a good amount of Cockpit Voice Recorders from airplanes which have crashed and almost in everyone except a few the pilots are not panicking or praying or anything like that. There is no time to pray or panic they are trying to solve the situation and save the plane that is what they are trained to do and that is what they do 98% of the time. I have no way of knowing but I think the pilot is not really thinking that much about the possiblity of being dead soon, because all the pilot focus is on the aircraft and getting out of the situation. They will contact Air Traffic control and give them information of the problem if there is time, they will notify the cabin if there is time. But the first thing they do is fly the airplane. If the pilots are 100% of a crash but still have control of the airplane they will try to find the best place to crash like how the Air France pilot of the concorde which crashed said" We have to stay away from the city" Or United Airlines Captain of United Flight 232 talking to ATC "whatever you do keep me away from the city" Pilots are the most well trained and professional people out there. Failure is not an option for any pilot. Every pilot will find them selves in a life threating situation once or twice in their career but most of the time the situation ends safely because of the professionalism, organization skills, self confidence and even a little bit of bravery it takes to become a pilot.
There is a little saying in Aviation that there is no such thing as a bad pilot. Why? Because all the bad pilots are dead.
2007-07-27 19:44:09 · answer #2 · answered by Steven H 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well Short of the rhetoric of the "pilot" or "captain" goes down with the ship, I do have to agree with the others.
With over 20 years in aviation I have seen crashes and ejections alike. When it comes to military, there have been a few large class cargo, bomber and troop aircraft fitted with Aces II ejection seats.
With Civilian aircraft there is more at stake than some Humvee or 300 cases of MRE's. These pilots do train for the worst and that is what tends to make them cool characters under pressure.Their jobs, along with Ocean liner Captains have been noted as the most humble positions one can hold.
But to factually answer your question, for an emergency exit, a 787 the crew would leave through an overhead hatch.
Hope this helped
2007-07-27 22:59:34 · answer #3 · answered by William S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Simply: NO pilot who has resonsibility for PASSENGERS will ever bail from the bird prior to PK1 !
Just go to Boeings website, BUT...
The ONLY birds with ejection seats are military aircraft: tactical fighters. attack birds, and stratecic bombers... NO BIRD that I know of with a crew larger that FOUR.
In the military, I was a helicopter crewman who rode the bird to the water twice, the ground once. I've also done recovery for 5 crashes. And I like the respondents who equate a pilot to a sea-captain.... you ride her IN.
If a COMMERCIAL pilot ever bailed... that airline would DIE economically.. so many pro-pilots have brought HOME birds that are FUBAR... And Bless those who tried.
2007-07-28 02:18:09 · answer #4 · answered by mariner31 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
do you know that a Pilot is the Last PERSON to leave the aircraft. so the answer is NO. you need alot of responsiblilty to be a pilot and a pilot job is to make sure that the passenger have to get to their destination safe and sound so there is no reason they should have a ejecto seats in a comercial aircraft.
2007-07-27 19:09:32 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Of course not! Why would it? The ONLY aircraft with ejection (not "ejecto") seats are military aircraft and even then only primary combat aircraft such as fighters and bombers.
In civil aircraft the pilot's job is to get the aircraft down safely, or die trying.
2007-07-28 07:45:27 · answer #6 · answered by Bostonian In MO 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yeah I've read alot of cvr trasncipts too and I think it is so cool that the pilots are working the situation right up to disater.
No freaking out or anything just cool and civilized problem solving.
Airline pilots rule
2007-07-27 20:29:18 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
NO! It is their job to stay with the aircraft and do everything possible to save it and the passengers in their charge.
A good pilot NEVER gives up trying to pull out of danger. There is ALWAYS something else to try, right up to the moment of impact.
2007-07-27 18:32:31 · answer #8 · answered by Vince M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah sure. DUDE R U A ******* RETARD???? not a single passenger airliner has ejector seats. speaking of which we ( russians) r currently working on a plane that all cabin ejection system. basicaly when a plane malfunctions so badly it becomes unflyable it breaks into tail, middle and cockpit sections and and then a bunch of parachutes slowly put 3 pieces on the ground. pretty awesome. and sorry 4 calling u a retard
2007-07-30 02:44:12 · answer #9 · answered by ostrich 78 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The pilot is always the first person to arrive at the scene of the accident.
2007-07-27 19:44:15 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋