People might pay a bit more attention to the drills now.
TM
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People might pay a bit more attention to the drills now.
TM
You would hope! But none of it does any good if the Captain doesnt call to Abandon ship! And isnt it funny how peoples attidues change? Now all everyone talks about are better saftey measures and better drills
Even after flying close to a million miles over the years I still count the number of rows forward and aft of me to the exits every time I get on the plane. I really don't pay attention about how to put on the oxygen mask or how to buckle my seat belt. It always scrares me that there are people out there who may not know how to buckle a seat belt.
I also reach under my seat to make sure there is a floatation device. After that I just go into my "zone" and fall asleep. It makes the flight go much faster.
Take care,
Mike
Heh, I find it's just easier to try and make sure I sit in an emergency exit row. Better leg room, and if the defecation hits the ventilation, I know right where I need to go.
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Each shipping company has their own way of doing drill, some you report to muster with your life jacket others you don't. Some muster in the lounges some on open deck.
The thing that is being missed is no matter how many drills you have for passengers when something really happens people are not in the right place, the ship does not burn as the book says, it does not stay upright as planned and some fool puts an iceberg in the middle of the Caribbean without permission or a rock in the way when the Captain takes the ship on a joy ride.
A life jacket will only keep your body afloat, it will not keep you warm.
They are not designed for jumping from a great hight 4.5 mtrs about 15 feet not from the height of a modern cruise ships promenade deck.
What the muster drill is really about is training the crew in what to do with a lot of people who need to be marshaled into places that they can then use to evacuate them from to the available life boats/rafts.
The life jacket in your cabin has numbers on it, from those you have a good idea if the worst comes to the worst of who is wearing the jacket, remember many will have no papers with them.
There are plenty of lifejackets at the muster stations.
The bottom line is life jacket or no life jacket you need to know where to go to get help and the crew need to practice how to deal with all those people in the event of an emergency.
The recent problem with the Costa Concordia was made worse by a Captain who was in denial of what he had done with his ship and should not be taken as the normal.
If you tune in to channel four UK TV on Tuesday night at 20.00 local UK time there is going to be a program about the recent sinking.
I have to agree that its wrong to hide in your cabin during the drills. I mean really if you cant follow the ships rules you should not be on it. Let's be glad that they have the drills. I have been on many cruise my self and do the drills all the time. Even though I have noticed over the years there less and less intense it is still required I think that cruise lines should make us go through a scanner with our ship and sail cards for the drills.
I am a registered nurse and have to re-certify my CPR every 2 years and my own hospitals requirements every year. I am grateful for the refresher to know what to do in an emergency. I would think that this couple is not in the same cabin on the same ship every time so it only benefits them and other passengers. What is 30 minutes out of a 7 day, 100080 minute cruise.
I am a registered nurse and have to re-certify my CPR every 2 years and my own hospitals requirements every year. I am grateful for the refresher to know what to do in an emergency. I would think that this couple is not in the same cabin on the same ship every time so it only benefits them and other passengers. What is 30 minutes out of a 7 day, 100080 minute cruise.
My wife was a hospital RN for 30+ years and never had to take a CPR course.
Regardless of whether or not it's required to attend safety drills and muster, I still think it is wise to always attend. They don't take that much time and you may learn some new and potentially useful information, even if you think you know everything there is to know.
I returned from my first Disney cruise last week. I did attend boat drill and they took the roll call electronically. A crew member had an iPod type device that had names and cabin number AND muster location. Pretty easy and fast way to do it...didn't take any time at all...she missed us initially so called out our cabin number, but I believe we were the only ones. She got the data from cards as they showed them or quietly asking as pax arrived...didn't make a big deal of it.
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