firstthird
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Obviously someone had better spell it out for linecheck.
In the 737, we don't drop cabin O2 for a fire or smoke and fumes. Reasons being 1 - oxygen might feed the fire.
2 - the pax only get a mixture of cabin air and oxygen anyway, so the masks in no way will help them in a smoke or fumes situation.
What we do is land ASAP, which is what I suspect every other airliner does after the Air Florida and Swiss Air disasters, you just never know how long you have to get it on the ground in a fire situation.
And any proficient crew could get a 737 from on high to 10,000 feet in under 10 minutes, so your theory that they would have depleted the crew oxygen does not pass the sniff test.
In the 737, we don't drop cabin O2 for a fire or smoke and fumes. Reasons being 1 - oxygen might feed the fire.
2 - the pax only get a mixture of cabin air and oxygen anyway, so the masks in no way will help them in a smoke or fumes situation.
What we do is land ASAP, which is what I suspect every other airliner does after the Air Florida and Swiss Air disasters, you just never know how long you have to get it on the ground in a fire situation.
And any proficient crew could get a 737 from on high to 10,000 feet in under 10 minutes, so your theory that they would have depleted the crew oxygen does not pass the sniff test.