[nagdu] Emergency plane evacuation

[eliza.l.cooper at gmail.com]

Hi,
   The school I went to did talk about airplane evacuation in
training, and there were a couple of key things they mentioned.  If
the cabin loses air pressure and the masks come down from above you,
there is always an extra one in every row (for a kid, e.g.).  I've
started making sure I'm not in a row with a baby or toddler, because
your dog would use the extra mask.  You'd put one of the masks on your
dog (I don't know how well this would work, I'm just saying what they
said), then you would get to an exit.  Before getting on the slide,
you would put your dog in your lap paws up so they wouldn't scratch
and break the slide.  That's all I got - hth.
   Eliza

On 1/16/09, Marsha <queen.marsha.lindsey at gmail.com> wrote:
> Tracy,
> Very interesting question. I have flown lately too, and this same question
> has crossed my mind. I wonder if this is something that the schools would be
> able to answer for us.
> marsha
>
>
>
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> Subject: [nagdu] Emergency plane evacuation
>
> Listening to news reports of yesterday's emergency plane evacuation in the
> Hudson River, I was wondering how such things work with a guide dog.  The
> news said people were holding onto the plane's wing, and some got soaking
> wet.  I was wondering how I would have done it with Ben.
> The plane talks always mention a slide.  I've wondered about that, too.
> I know, some years back, some Federationists did a mock plane evacuation
> to demonstrate that blind people could do it as efficiently as sighted
> people.  I'm sure I could do it too.  I'd just like to have some idea,
> beforehand if possible, what it's like so I could figure out a good way to
> work it with Ben.
> Anyone have any more experience with it than I do?
> I wonder if it might be useful to arrange a mock evacuation, with guide
> dogs, maybe during convention or something?  I know Margo and Julie P have
> been doing a lot of work in New York, figuring out how emergency workers
> could work with guide dog users during a chemical contamination emergency.
> Tracy
>
>
>
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