Why don't Airplanes have parachutes for all passengers?

[AZpilot]

[pacman777]

If I worked as an air hostess and the plane was gonna crash I'd grab my parachute and run as fast as I could to the nearest door open it and jump first. F*ck everyone else.

Jus' sayin.

[Douglas_Quaid]

Originally Posted by Lee_5

you think everyone would leave the plane in an orderly fashion, jump out one by one and parachute to the ground. no chance. everyone would trample over each other while they frantically try to get to the doors, idiots would be letting their chute open inside the plane. it would be more chaos. not to mention to the plane would be tipping all over the place.

I actually lol'd at this.
Imagingint the chaos inside the plane and people opening their chutes inside, rofl.

[WowStrongBulk]

Originally Posted by pacman777

If I worked as an air hostess and the plane was gonna crash I'd grab my parachute and run as fast as I could to the nearest door open it and jump first. F*ck everyone else.

Jus' sayin.

lollll

[Donnie_Darko]

Originally Posted by Twist3dJok3r

...thats why you wouldnt have people jump in front of the engine?

If you jumped behind the engine the force would still pull you in...Have you seen how big passenger jet engines are?

[Bababooey100]

Originally Posted by Lee_5

you think everyone would leave the plane in an orderly fashion, jump out one by one and parachute to the ground. no chance. everyone would trample over each other while they frantically try to get to the doors, idiots would be letting their chute open inside the plane. it would be more chaos. not to mention to the plane would be tipping all over the place.

This. People are like sheep. I was on a plane that went up through a T storm and most of the people were panicking/puking. I was up in business, **** faced and laughing. Can you imagine what it would be like if the pilot said "We're going to crash, put on your parachutes and proceed to the nearest exit".

Most airplane crashes happen either at take off or landing when there wouldn't be time to line up and bail out. The only feasible way to get out of an airplane would be to put ejection seats in.

The most dangerous form of transportation is driving. I'd rather be on a race track doing 150 than on a road doing 50.

[mr.perffect]

Here's why ... go to your local supermarket/WalMart/whatever ... now scan up and down the aisles of the parking lot. See all of those people parked crooked ... sideways ... too close to either line ... taking up two spots ... halfway in or out of the spot ...?

Now if people can't even manage to park their cars properly do you really think they can co-ordinate a mass evacuation of a crashing airplane? Keeping in mind that a small aircraft holds approx 300 people.

[aaronjbc123]

Originally Posted by Mind_v_Heart

Don't know how to parachute?


It's just "Pull this" and balance?


Hey, I don't know how to parachute either, but I'd rather take my chances with the parachute vs crashing down to earth 600mph, and turn into a chicken wing in 5,000 degrees jet fuel.





I thought about Air Pressure and all that as well, but remember, airplane is going down, so it would be less than cruising altitude.

Yes. You clearly got it right there, just pull a string and bam. you are one goddamn stupid *******

[7000rpmisheaven]

You could use parachutes to slow the plane down and ejector seats with parachutes to get the passengers out of the plane. You wouldn't eject passengers at 35,000 feet and there would be no need to. On the way down you would pass an altitude where it would be possible. You eject passengers in sequence from front to back so that they are not all trying to deploy parachutes at the same time and in the same place.

Not saying that this would work in every situation but it may work for some. I'm sure that there is a way to do it that would offer at least a chance at survival. That would be better than certain death in the event of a plane crash.

[AbramsM1]

Originally Posted by Donnie_Darko

If you jumped behind the engine the force would still pull you in...Have you seen how big passenger jet engines are?

Wrong, I (and the rest of the Airborne US Military) have jumped many times behind the engines... never once did we get "sucked in".

1. If you don't leave the plane under 200mph you would be injured and most parachute fabrics can't withstand that force. Especially since they would be sitting in the plane for god only knows how long without being used.

2. If you don't leave the plane in an orderly fashion (alternating doors every other jump) the parachutists would meet under the plane and crash into each other.

3. Many people wouldn't go (too scared) and would get in the way and tangled with the others trying get out.

4. Most wouldn't know how to actually use a parachute.

5. If you don't land correctly you are going to get hurt and could die. I would suspect half the people that jumped would die without proper training. The rest would be very lucky to be unharmed.

6. You have to be able to steer the parachute and maneuver out of the way of other in the air. If you get tangled you have to know how to untangle your self. I've seen idiots run right into each other and just start spinning.

7. Landing hazards, enough said. Most people couldn't get out of the harness if they water landed and would drown.

8. Tickets already cost enough. Imagine outfitting every plane with parachutes... that nobody would ever use.

9. Regarding people deploying their chutes in the plane... this would happen and it would take him and everyone else in front of him out of the plane instantly wether or not they had chutes on.

Regards,
Abrams

[roid_monkey]

Originally Posted by Twist3dJok3r

Picture little 4 year old Susy jumping out a plane

gears of war 2?

[TheNibblet]

Because its safer to let the trained pilots try to safely crash land the plane than to let 300 untrained passengers open all the doors and bail out.

[harrisjl]

Jus' wait 'til the plane is a couple feet from teh ground and jump out teh plane..... make sure you jump up

[sevendesigns]

Cars and Planes need to be made of different material. Like hard foam.

Getting into a car accident would be = pure fun

Plane crashing into a nearby mountain = ''CAN WE DO THAT AGAIN!?!''

[iliketojuggle]

Originally Posted by Eddie-M

Why not have one gigantic parachute for the whole plane? Lulz, not really.

Why lols? This is actually possible if its big enough..

[The_Champ01]

**** ya'll paracutes I think the airlines should have ejection seats for everyone.

[x800venom]

1. People do not know how to parachute
2. You are so high up that your oxygen intake will be limited enough to suffocate you
3. Jumping out can result in many people knocking into the tail and engines of the plane.
4. Have you ever tried opening the emergency door of an airliner in flight? Not going to happen. And if by some miracle you do, you'll just get sucked out instantly with a parachute or without.

If your airliner is going down without control, bet on it your a dead man. Unless you have an immaculate pilot that is still manage to maintain control of the plane, which happens rarely, than you might live; but I wouldn't count on it. That is the chance we take....just saying

[bustermac]

Originally Posted by Glowstix

because people dont know how to parachute you dumbass

Yep. Correct answer!

[cyborgmexican]

Never before has a stupid question been answered so completely and fully on the misc.

[neyeswhip]

We can jump out and parachute safely to the middle of the Atlantic ocean.

[My_Friend]

Originally Posted by Eddie-M

Why not have one gigantic parachute for the whole plane? Lulz, not really.

Actually there are commercially available
small planes with a plane chute


Edit: AZpilot beat me to it

[alegend90]

parachutes would cause a hazard for people below the plane...out of 200 or so noobs parachuting out of a plane you can bet a good amount wouldn't even get the chute open and just destroy whatever is in their path on the ground.

imagine being somewhere and seeing 4 or 5 people fall out of the sky?

[Frannycakes]

Life preservers.... These, we may need. Although what are our chances of crashing into the ocean? My guess, if anything, IT'S GONNA BE A MOUNTAIN.