i'm 192 cm tall so I am really grateful for a little bit of extra leg room on overwing exit seats. Flight attendants always do extra briefing to me and other overwing exit seat passengers regarding the emergency procedure but they sound like robot and do it really fast. This video explained better than the flight attendants, thank you very much.
Thank you very much for this. I always try to sit at the over-wing emergency exits but I had no idea how the doors functioned after I pull the lever. This video removes a lot of anxiety regarding my responsibility. I wish all carriers explained it this well
Respectfully the presenter has described the function of that 'lanyard' erroneously. It’s NOT for evacuating on the ground, it’s for use ONLY in a ditching. The concept is for it to be used to prevent anyone being washed off the wet slippery wing while the manual life rafts (boat in a bag vs slide-rafts) are deployed. He also forgot to mention that when the gull-wing (and the former removable hatch) is opened the flaps fully extend in order to slide down the flaps. Land evacs go aft in the direction of the arrows over the trailing edge while ditching evacs go forward over the leading edge. (If you would like know why that is, I’m happy to explain, trying avoid writing an essay!) The location of the escape tapes/ropes (‘lanyard’) is attachment point is nearest to the leading edge.Its not used during a ground evac EVER because you are sending people in the wrong direction and wasting precious time, you don’t ever want a crowd gathering on the wing, you want them down on the ground and moving rapidly away downwind of the aircraft. On the A320 family and B767/757s when the over wing exit hatch is opened, an evacuation slide deploys from the side of the fuselage due to increased height off the ground. I’m a former emergency procedures instructor and onboard manager for a major airline, so this information is factual. I hope this helps, and clarifies how it works and what it’s for 😊
Great! Glad to have seen exactly how to open that emergency exit door - although I hope I never have to do it - and especially the part about the line you can tie to the tag on the wing, which I never knew about before: always wondered what that tag on the wing was for. 👍🏻
I'm a aviation nut. Loved air craft since my first flight as a infant on my dad's piper warrior. Great channel I just got your app thank your very informative and entertaining keep up the great work
Wow, that's a cool video Mentour! I honestly didn't expect you will pull that lever :) and the way it opens looks and sounds stunning. Great job and congratulations on 100k subsk
I bet you were dying to do it too... It's not every day you get to pull a big red handle, push the big red button, or pop an emergency escape hatch :-)
@@labtesterVR -- I have to wonder if perhaps this is one of the training aircraft that I've seen at some airline facilities that seldom (if ever) actually fly. Continental had one at IAH that was also used in one of the Terms of Endearment movies (my wife was an extra on that movie and in the aircraft scene).
Thank you for this video...I fly on Malaysia Airlines regularly from KUL to HAN...They use the Boeing 737-800 and I always sit in 14A, mainly for extra legroom (I am 1.9 meters) 14A in their configuration is the window seat in the rear of the two emergency wing doors...I get a cursory briefing from the flight attendants but your video told me a lot I did not know... So thank you very much for that, of course I/we all hope we never have to use the procedures and just exit the normal way after a successful flight, however in the event of an emergency it is good to know the procedures...Thanks again...really enjoy the videos...
I have a genuine Monty Python moment in my mind‘s eye right now, involving a scenario where a veteran firefighter asks a newbie: „Son, before you pull that lever, what type of aircraft is this?“ „Airbus!“ *confidently pulls lever* „No, wait, Boeiiiiiiiing......!“ *gets catapulted off the wing* „...And now for something completely different.“
Hi Mentour Pilot, thanks for the explanation! I have some questions, maybe for a Q&A video: - Would you consider getting a type rating for other manufacturer as Airbus/Embraer/Bombardier? - Would your airline support you on that? Or is that unusual? Looking forward to your next video!
I usually may get irritated by an excess of rules and procedures, but in case of aviation I'm not complaining. I love how well though-out everything is and I enjoy your explanations.
I loved one of those "influencer" idiots, who tells her viewers to just start running. In one case, a 16 year old girl took off running from an aircraft that was evacuated for an engine fire. She ran through the smoke, to be run over by a fire truck and killed. The driver didn't even know that he hit anyone. Instead, hit the ground and find someone from the crew for directions, as there are standard assembly areas that are safe from both emergency equipment and any misbehavior on the part of an emergency aircraft. They're there for passenger safety first and foremost.
That row is Southwest First Class, that's where you'll find me. I've never heard about the lanyard before so now I know how to be a rock star. Luck favors the prepared and now I feel more lucky.
Well,.... i didn't thought you will actually open it, i'm glad that you did, i was always curious how it opens. I can see why you need to be careful when opened from outside. Awesome video, thank you !
this is so much more effective in communicating this role, the writing directions don't show any of this, they should include your video into all the manuals. I'm so thankful for this video you made, I feel much more prepared the next time I sit in this part of the plane.
slagellajs slagellajs very nice! At 6:16 you can see a green “ push door close “ button that is not in the real aircraft. Also, you can see a wall outside that looks like the training facility.
I just want to say that I'm not in the aviation industry and I can't fly, I didn't find interest in earth flight at all really. You however, have maid me very interested in aviation. You are a very good teacher...presenter. Love the videos and keep up the great work please.
I fly weekly, and almost always sit in one of two F seats in the exit rows for the outbound flight. As American consistently uses a 737-800 for this flight (the first flight out in the morning), I've just about memorized the procedure to open the exit door at this point. However seeing it done in practice is much more reassuring than hoping I've correctly interpreted whatever it is the horrible 90s-era CGI renderings on American's seat-back information cards are supposed to be portraying. I feel somewhat more optimistic that when inevitably I'm called upon to open the over-wing exit I'll be able to achieve a bit more than uselessly fumbling about with the door until someone else comes to do it.
If there is a fire on your side you should not open that side. Why make it worse? Listen to the cabin crew, they are trained for different kinds of landings.
Why do you think an emergency is going to be inevitable? Odds of hull loss accident are around 1.5 in a million flights. If you fly every week for 30 years that's less than only 2000 flights. So it's not inevitable but likely never going to happen for you, as much as you'd like to show everyone what you learned.
I have had the fun of going out that door and can say a big guy on the ground is handy to prevent a face plant into the ramp. I still ride in the seat you were broadcasting from but as I age even more they may decide I am a geezer and make me move. As a passenger, I have had two runway overruns and one fake bomb scare. Great info for exit row passengers.Thanks
Once I was flying in that emergency-exit row and the flight attendant asked me if I was 16 (I’m 17) and I answered that yes, I was 17. She stared at me for 10 sec. and after that, she said: yeah you look strong enough. Then she explined to me and my colleages how to open it in an emergency. We couldn’t stop laughing hahahahaha. I love Ryanair crews, they are always so nice with me! Thanks for the video Peter!
This reminds me of my first time entering Brisbane Casino in Australia. Our group had 5 people. I was the only one who was asked to present an ID (Passport, Driver Licence, etc.) to prove that I was over 18 years old. I was already 24.5!!! Very happy. I talked about it for days. LOL
Excellent video Capt. as coincidence has it I will be seated in the exit row on a flight next week. Much better explanation than on the seat pocket instructions. Thanks for your fine videos.
Could you do a video on passenger panic and how cabin and flight crew are trained and try to deal with it. There are videos out there of people evacuating planes with baggage in hands, people pushing and shoving to get off etc. One of the biggest things that makes me worry in case of an emergency is not the emergency itself but the panic of the people around me.
@steve mclean you have to realise though, yes most of those people who do that are obnoxious and moronic. However, somebody could have their insulin injections in their carry on, emergency glucose, epi pen, and many other legitimate reasons - sure it should be in an actual small carry on and not for the over head bags, but just be a little bit more open minded before just assuming it's out of obnoxois tendencies
Like everyone else: Thank you. I'd hate to be slow and trying to figure out what is going on. BTW - that is the first time I've heard of the lanyard. Good idea. The handle cover is smart. Hotel rooms have "Do not hang cloths from sprinkler" signs because people do not think while on vacation.
That was the last thing I expected, 06:00. I was waiting for the door to become unhinged, then being pulled into the cabin and then thrown out. The new design is a lot better, just pull down on the lever. I remember a long time ago a flight attendant asked me if I was comfortable about sitting in the emergency row. I replied, "You tell me to chuck the door, the door will be CHUCKED", LOL. I also didn't know about the lanyard. Mentour Pilot, your teams videos should be included on airline pre-flights.
Soldier_2003 Captain Joe flew with Air Berlin which went out of business the end of 2017 so has been looking for a new airline to work for. Mentour Pilot said in a very recent chat that he hadn’t heard from him in a while and that he didn’t know when they would get to collaborate, but he hoped they would do it eventually. Said Joe’s first priority would be getting hired by another airline and then it might depend on whether he had the time to make videos and if his new airline was ok with his making videos as apparently some airlines don’t like their employees to do online videos. (Mentour Pilot said his own airline was ok with him doing his own videos.) Hope this answers your question. 🙂
I guess it is ok for Mentour Pilot to do these videos, because they explain facts truthfully and do not badmouth airlines.If he said the bosses were stupid and the mecanics just fixed the planes with gaffer tape, or the pilots didn't follow the instructions, the airline wouldn't be so happy ;-) No airline would mind these videos, I would think.
Very nice! I never have had the "honour" of sitting at one of those seats... but to be quite frank, it's one of those seats that passengers hate in general... (with the whole not able to see the ground mentality). I am sure pilots will happily take that seat, though...
Seeing this emergency exit reminds me of the "Miracle on the Hudson". It would be nice to learn about ditching procedures, and launching the life rafts.
I used to work as cabin crew. I remember, during the early times, there was this senior member (person in charge of the crew, not saying that person was a senior citizen) that always rolled his eyes when new cabin crew called this exit as a door. For him, it gave the passengers the wrong impression, during the briefing, and that would lead them to believe it was a normal door, and not an emergency exit. But, you know, there is always "that person" who is a stickler for detail.
great video as always! In the wake of the near miss at SFO in 2017 where an Air Canada flight was landing aligned on a taxiway, I was wondering: what would be the challenges for an airliner to land on a _empty_ taxiway next to the real runway (except the obvious: no ILS, no Papi lights, no markers on the tarmac for the touchdown zone, maybe narrower spaces)? Thanks!
I've always wanted to either open one for practice, or see a demonstration. As a firefighter, I'm glad to of seen this, cause that would really hurt on the other side.
Not sure if you have done this already but I think a good video might be about dealing with disruptive passengers. As a gate agent, I know this type of passenger very well (especially on Ibiza or Alicante flights) but people are always surprise to know that if a plane diverts, the offloaded pax gets the bill. In the UK, if an aircraft even comes back on stand, the offloaded pax is arrested under the air navigation act. Not sure about any other EU countries policy. Maybe talk about how the cabin crew deal with it and defuse the situation, any personal stories you have, selecting an appropriate diversion airport as a crew etc :)
Studies have shown if the passenger seats were backwards, it is a hundred times safer during a crash. Most injuries are caused by people snapping forward and hitting the seat in front of them. The crash positions are designed to reduce these injuries. With the seats backwards this is prevented almost 100% as long as people are wearing their seatbelt, the airplane remains intact, and the seat remains attached to the floor. Only on small company jets have I ever seen the passenger seats installed backwards. I would like to see a video as to why no companies have done this. Thanks.
You are correct, but only about 7 times safer, + there is issues with passengers nauseated and such, that makes it too hard to determine how many will actually Use those seats and the cost effectiveness of the changes to the aircraft, I flew on military C-5, all upper deck seating was rear facing, No windows = No Nausea
@@johnferguson7235 thats just even more incentive for airlines to do it. Put in backwards seats under the guise of safety then charge passengers who dont want to sit backwards a permium for forward seats. Same as reduce leg room then charge tall people for more legroom seats.
sk phon Business class on BA has pods where every other one faces the rear. I have flown backwards many times. I didn’t notice anything different about it. It certainly didn’t make me nauseous.
I was on an Air India domestic flight on a smallish jet and they had the first row facing backwards. A bit odd with the whole plane looking at me, but really great if you are traveling in a group of 4!
The 737 classic (-300 to -500) had the same "throw-away" overwing exits that the airbus still has. They switched to the new actuated ones with the NG mainly for new regulatory demands. As airbus never had to change the fuselage of their aircraft, neither in length nor in any other way since the initial triplet (319-321) was designed, they still retain the same overwing exit design that was common in the 80ies. After all the A320-family was airbus answer to the 737 classic, which shows in many ways. However, opening the overwing exits in an A319-A321 will inflate an escape slide which is required since the wing is much higher off the ground than in a 737. And that means, if done outside an emergency, that a new slide has to be fitted, the old one refurbished and the aircraft will be on the ground until that lengthy maintenance action is complete. Therefore it is not possible for the crew to enjoy the sun on the wing during a strike related delay somewhere nice like it is on the 737.
I just wanted to say that. ;-) There is a reason why those "throw away" overwing exits are no longer used in new design - it showed that people woud often put the door on a seat in the exit row instead of throwning it out. Maybe they thought you can't throw away some expensive aircraft part. But who cares after a gear up landing somewhere on a field. ;-) A little nitpick on the Airbusses (Airbii?) - only 318-320 have the "throw away" emergency exits. The 321 has four full size doors on each side. One all the way fwd and aft like the smaller ones, but then another full size door just fwd and aft of the wing instead of the overwing exits. BTW: 737-100 and -200 also had it, you just missed them in your description.
Elimar Belian you can just shut it back. I’ve opened and close those doors hundreds of times. You just to make sure the little flap at the bottom is up first. Also they are kind of a bear to pull down. I’m a smaller guy so I have to brace against the inside of the wall haha.
That was really informative! Loved when you stepped out of the door. I had always understood that during flight, the difference in air pressure make it impossible to open the emergency doors. Is that the case?
Very insightful video and you've summed up most of the points very well but in a concise way! Just a few of my observations - 1) Most airlines do have a pre-flight briefing (by cabin crew) for overwing exit passengers but I flew American Airlines 2 years ago and there was absolutely no briefing on the 737-800 flight (the flight was absolutely full as well), only briefing material was the card in the seat pocket. 2) Didn't know there was a lanyard there and I don't recall that mentioned anywhere - is that mentioned in the safety card? 3) Just a bit of trivia the blinds on the overwing exit door windows go from bottom to top which is opposite of normal cabin windows
In (I think) older 737s, the doors I saw told me I had to pull it in and then throw it through the hole, basically, like you explain for non-Boeing aircraft. The newer ones opened like this, though, according to the cards.
Absolutely . Was once on an OmanAir domestic flight, still on the ground, when an obese pax sitting next to me was asked by the CC/PIC to change seats for safety reasons i.e. blocking the exit row. Took 30 minutes to convince him that it wasn't meant to be personal:)
Next to me was a lady who was convinced that placing her handbag on the ground would not create a safety hazard while sitting on the overwing exits. Took the poor flight attendant around ten minutes to convince the lady to put her handbag in the overhead bins and how he was alredy the highest-up in the cabin and how she was already speaking to the supervisor. After takeoff when she was finaly allowed to have her handbag with her, she literally scolded the flight attendant for taking it.
Hey Mentour, I would be interested to hear about any in-flight failures / incidents you have had in your career, and how the real life experience compared to your training. Have the failure(s) / incident(s) changed you as a pilot? Many Thanks
The seats near the exit are my favourite. Enough leg room to not sit squished between the rows. Most modern airliners tend to have not enough space for my longer than usual thigh at the standard rows...
Watching this video I remembered a joke I used to do to the flight attendances: since when I can I try to sit in the emergency exit rows due to more legs room, after they explained how to deal with the emergency doors, they usually were asking us if we were ok to do that if instructed from the cabin crew. And it was kind of funny their reaction when I was asking them "Sure, no problem, can I practice a bit with the door and its handle during the flight, right?" 😀 😀
That's my favourite seat to fly, usually . I have chronic pain to my right knee and it is great to be able to stretch my legs. That said, I am aware of what is expected of me, being at the window and being a former emt, I feel comfortable to the possibility of having to perform that role.
I really love your videos! Well explained too. I rarely have any questions after your videos due to the fact that you explain everything very nicely! Keep it up!
Hello Sir. It is always amazing to see your vlogs. Learn so much. I have a question, what is a safe distance from an aircraft during an emergency, or a fire emergency?
In the 70s (may have been 737) came back from Bilbao in a half body cast after an accident. The Spanish had taken me up the normal stairs on a mountain rescue stretcher and positioned me over nine seats. At Heathrow the over wing doors were opened and a catering lorry delivered a normal wheeled stretcher to the wing. I was taken off that way. (Before all the other passengers were allowed to leave.)
There's one detail you haven't mentioned as it seems to be obvious - the designated passenger has to be able to communicate in English... Anyway - thanks for another great video.
Hi Mentour. Love the channel! I was taking off from PRG today and noticed there was a significant down and then upward slope in the runway 24-06. Do you need to take that into account when taking off and/or landing? If so, how do you do that?
i'm 192 cm tall so I am really grateful for a little bit of extra leg room on overwing exit seats. Flight attendants always do extra briefing to me and other overwing exit seat passengers regarding the emergency procedure but they sound like robot and do it really fast. This video explained better than the flight attendants, thank you very much.
Same here. Glad for this video too.
Thank you very much for this. I always try to sit at the over-wing emergency exits but I had no idea how the doors functioned after I pull the lever. This video removes a lot of anxiety regarding my responsibility. I wish all carriers explained it this well
Damn that door opened with some gusto when you pulled the handle - thanks for the tip on the lanyard. Hope I never need to use it :)
the lanyard thing is a great feature that could well prevent a lot of injuries in an evacuation. It's good to know about it.
Respectfully the presenter has described the function of that 'lanyard' erroneously. It’s NOT for evacuating on the ground, it’s for use ONLY in a ditching. The concept is for it to be used to prevent anyone being washed off the wet slippery wing while the manual life rafts (boat in a bag vs slide-rafts) are deployed.
He also forgot to mention that when the gull-wing (and the former removable hatch) is opened the flaps fully extend in order to slide down the flaps. Land evacs go aft in the direction of the arrows over the trailing edge while ditching evacs go forward over the leading edge. (If you would like know why that is, I’m happy to explain, trying avoid writing an essay!) The location of the escape tapes/ropes (‘lanyard’) is attachment point is nearest to the leading edge.Its not used during a ground evac EVER because you are sending people in the wrong direction and wasting precious time, you don’t ever want a crowd gathering on the wing, you want them down on the ground and moving rapidly away downwind of the aircraft.
On the A320 family and B767/757s when the over wing exit hatch is opened, an evacuation slide deploys from the side of the fuselage due to increased height off the ground. I’m a former emergency procedures instructor and onboard manager for a major airline, so this information is factual. I hope this helps, and clarifies how it works and what it’s for 😊
Great! Glad to have seen exactly how to open that emergency exit door - although I hope I never have to do it - and especially the part about the line you can tie to the tag on the wing, which I never knew about before: always wondered what that tag on the wing was for. 👍🏻
I am not, nor will I ever be an airline pilot, but I find your videos to be both informative and fascinating. Thank you!
I'm a aviation nut. Loved air craft since my first flight as a infant on my dad's piper warrior. Great channel I just got your app thank your very informative and entertaining keep up the great work
Wow, that's a cool video Mentour! I honestly didn't expect you will pull that lever :) and the way it opens looks and sounds stunning. Great job and congratulations on 100k subsk
Thank you! I knew you guys would like it
"Don't pull that lever!" - "Why not? I'm a born leverpuller" ;-)
I can certainly see now why a firefighter opening the door from the outside would have to exercise caution. lol
Over 40 years I have flown as a passenger and never knew all you've explained. Very good quality information, congratulations
I loved it when you really opened the door😄
Haha! I knew you guys would like that.
I bet you were dying to do it too... It's not every day you get to pull a big red handle, push the big red button, or pop an emergency escape hatch :-)
It wouldn't be much of an emergency exit if it kind of sort of almost opened.
@@MentourPilot Did someone let you do it? And now you got to close it even tho you said you cant reset it :)
@@labtesterVR -- I have to wonder if perhaps this is one of the training aircraft that I've seen at some airline facilities that seldom (if ever) actually fly. Continental had one at IAH that was also used in one of the Terms of Endearment movies (my wife was an extra on that movie and in the aircraft scene).
Thank you for this video...I fly on Malaysia Airlines regularly from KUL to HAN...They use the Boeing 737-800 and I always sit in 14A, mainly for extra legroom (I am 1.9 meters) 14A in their configuration is the window seat in the rear of the two emergency wing doors...I get a cursory briefing from the flight attendants but your video told me a lot I did not know...
So thank you very much for that, of course I/we all hope we never have to use the procedures and just exit the normal way after a successful flight, however in the event of an emergency it is good to know the procedures...Thanks again...really enjoy the videos...
I have a genuine Monty Python moment in my mind‘s eye right now, involving a scenario where a veteran firefighter asks a newbie: „Son, before you pull that lever, what type of aircraft is this?“
„Airbus!“ *confidently pulls lever* „No, wait, Boeiiiiiiiing......!“ *gets catapulted off the wing*
„...And now for something completely different.“
That's a great mnemonic for that. Boeing doors go boing.
A man with 3 buttocks
Do you know the name of that sketch? I can't find it!
@@annasstorybox7906 he said in his mind, so its just something he imagined
I did not expect you to actually do it! That was awesome.
Hi Mentour Pilot,
thanks for the explanation!
I have some questions, maybe for a Q&A video:
- Would you consider getting a type rating for other manufacturer as Airbus/Embraer/Bombardier?
- Would your airline support you on that? Or is that unusual?
Looking forward to your next video!
I usually may get irritated by an excess of rules and procedures, but in case of aviation I'm not complaining. I love how well though-out everything is and I enjoy your explanations.
I loved one of those "influencer" idiots, who tells her viewers to just start running.
In one case, a 16 year old girl took off running from an aircraft that was evacuated for an engine fire. She ran through the smoke, to be run over by a fire truck and killed. The driver didn't even know that he hit anyone.
Instead, hit the ground and find someone from the crew for directions, as there are standard assembly areas that are safe from both emergency equipment and any misbehavior on the part of an emergency aircraft. They're there for passenger safety first and foremost.
That row is Southwest First Class, that's where you'll find me. I've never heard about the lanyard before so now I know how to be a rock star. Luck favors the prepared and now I feel more lucky.
Well,.... i didn't thought you will actually open it, i'm glad that you did, i was always curious how it opens. I can see why you need to be careful when opened from outside. Awesome video, thank you !
this is so much more effective in communicating this role, the writing directions don't show any of this, they should include your video into all the manuals. I'm so thankful for this video you made, I feel much more prepared the next time I sit in this part of the plane.
All of your podcasts r so very interesting. 💙 them all! Thanks so much
"We must not open this door under any circumstances."
... opens the door ;)
Well, the plane is still, empty, and unpressurized, so it's just a matter of closing it and putting the cover back on.
Sven Schumacher Training Facility i’m pretty sure.
Marshall Hogan not necessarily. I’m a mechanic on these. We open and close them all the time.
slagellajs slagellajs very nice! At 6:16 you can see a green “ push door close “ button that is not in the real aircraft. Also, you can see a wall outside that looks like the training facility.
Marshall Hogan haha yeah I saw that then after I commented! 🤣
I just want to say that I'm not in the aviation industry and I can't fly, I didn't find interest in earth flight at all really. You however, have maid me very interested in aviation. You are a very good teacher...presenter. Love the videos and keep up the great work please.
I fly weekly, and almost always sit in one of two F seats in the exit rows for the outbound flight. As American consistently uses a 737-800 for this flight (the first flight out in the morning), I've just about memorized the procedure to open the exit door at this point. However seeing it done in practice is much more reassuring than hoping I've correctly interpreted whatever it is the horrible 90s-era CGI renderings on American's seat-back information cards are supposed to be portraying. I feel somewhat more optimistic that when inevitably I'm called upon to open the over-wing exit I'll be able to achieve a bit more than uselessly fumbling about with the door until someone else comes to do it.
Adam Leuer
Imagine finally getting into such situation...
But engine fire is on your side, so they open the door on the other side
If there is a fire on your side you should not open that side. Why make it worse? Listen to the cabin crew, they are trained for different kinds of landings.
I do hope that you shall never have a need.
Why do you think an emergency is going to be inevitable? Odds of hull loss accident are around 1.5 in a million flights. If you fly every week for 30 years that's less than only 2000 flights. So it's not inevitable but likely never going to happen for you, as much as you'd like to show everyone what you learned.
@@beyondbackwater4933 Are you more likely to get a snow day in Portland?
Interesting video, have never heard about the lanyard before in any safety briefing and ive been in these emergency exit rows a few times now.
I have had the fun of going out that door and can say a big guy on the ground is handy to prevent a face plant into the ramp. I still ride in the seat you were broadcasting from but as I age even more they may decide I am a geezer and make me move. As a passenger, I have had two runway overruns and one fake bomb scare. Great info for exit row passengers.Thanks
Once I was flying in that emergency-exit row and the flight attendant asked me if I was 16 (I’m 17) and I answered that yes, I was 17. She stared at me for 10 sec. and after that, she said: yeah you look strong enough. Then she explined to me and my colleages how to open it in an emergency. We couldn’t stop laughing hahahahaha. I love Ryanair crews, they are always so nice with me!
Thanks for the video Peter!
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This reminds me of my first time entering Brisbane Casino in Australia. Our group had 5 people. I was the only one who was asked to present an ID (Passport, Driver Licence, etc.) to prove that I was over 18 years old. I was already 24.5!!! Very happy. I talked about it for days. LOL
Brilliant video, clear and informative. Especially enjoying the technical aspects such as the auto locks. Good work!
Excellent video Capt. as coincidence has it I will be seated in the exit row on a flight next week. Much better explanation than on the seat pocket instructions. Thanks for your fine videos.
Great to hear that you like them!
Could you do a video on passenger panic and how cabin and flight crew are trained and try to deal with it. There are videos out there of people evacuating planes with baggage in hands, people pushing and shoving to get off etc. One of the biggest things that makes me worry in case of an emergency is not the emergency itself but the panic of the people around me.
I have seen in tv news. People evacuating with carry on bags, recently, I think jet Blue at LAX
@steve mclean you have to realise though, yes most of those people who do that are obnoxious and moronic. However, somebody could have their insulin injections in their carry on, emergency glucose, epi pen, and many other legitimate reasons - sure it should be in an actual small carry on and not for the over head bags, but just be a little bit more open minded before just assuming it's out of obnoxois tendencies
Caught me by surprise when you actually pulled the lever!
Like everyone else: Thank you.
I'd hate to be slow and trying to figure out what is going on.
BTW - that is the first time I've heard of the lanyard. Good idea.
The handle cover is smart. Hotel rooms have "Do not hang cloths from sprinkler" signs because people do not think while on vacation.
That was the last thing I expected, 06:00. I was waiting for the door to become unhinged, then being pulled into the cabin and then thrown out. The new design is a lot better, just pull down on the lever. I remember a long time ago a flight attendant asked me if I was comfortable about sitting in the emergency row. I replied, "You tell me to chuck the door, the door will be CHUCKED", LOL. I also didn't know about the lanyard. Mentour Pilot, your teams videos should be included on airline pre-flights.
When are you going to do a collab with Captain Joe? I really want you two collab. It will be the best video ever.
Soldier_2003 Captain Joe flew with Air Berlin which went out of business the end of 2017 so has been looking for a new airline to work for. Mentour Pilot said in a very recent chat that he hadn’t heard from him in a while and that he didn’t know when they would get to collaborate, but he hoped they would do it eventually. Said Joe’s first priority would be getting hired by another airline and then it might depend on whether he had the time to make videos and if his new airline was ok with his making videos as apparently some airlines don’t like their employees to do online videos. (Mentour Pilot said his own airline was ok with him doing his own videos.) Hope this answers your question. 🙂
I guess it is ok for Mentour Pilot to do these videos, because they explain facts truthfully and do not badmouth airlines.If he said the bosses were stupid and the mecanics just fixed the planes with gaffer tape, or the pilots didn't follow the instructions, the airline wouldn't be so happy ;-)
No airline would mind these videos, I would think.
Leigh S Thanks, it helped 😊
Leif Neland Nice to know
I'd like to know when pilots will be begin using cabin crew to facilitate cabin evacuation strategy videos? :)
Hey mentour, good that you showed how the emergency door worked. Mostly I sit close to it so now I know it in case of emergency
Very instructive video , I like to thank all the people that do them and the airline company .....
I’ve been watching your videos for the past month. I’ve learned more in a month the. i have working on the ramp at YVR for three years.
Great video Captain. Very informative and easy to follow should I ever need to evacuate.
Great to hear!
Wow, now I know what the yellow thingy on the wing is...amazing.
I flew back with EasyJet from Hamburg in August and was picked out to sit in the exit seat. Felt an honour
Good. With great legroom comes great responsibility.
Very nice! I never have had the "honour" of sitting at one of those seats... but to be quite frank, it's one of those seats that passengers hate in general... (with the whole not able to see the ground mentality). I am sure pilots will happily take that seat, though...
Seeing this emergency exit reminds me of the "Miracle on the Hudson". It would be nice to learn about ditching procedures, and launching the life rafts.
You are the best Petter keep up the good work mate.
I actually find this extremely useful. You never know if/when you're going to need this!
Mate,your intro is the best.
Thanks you.
More like this one please. I'm sure it will help passagers to be helpful in case of emergency. Thank you again.
Such an erudite explanation !
Loved it .
Great!
Your videos are getting exponentially interesting day by day :)
👍 Great and very informative video. 👍
Thank you for taking the time to do these great videos.
Thanks! I always wondered what that yellow tab was for. Very interesting video.
I used to work as cabin crew. I remember, during the early times, there was this senior member (person in charge of the crew, not saying that person was a senior citizen) that always rolled his eyes when new cabin crew called this exit as a door. For him, it gave the passengers the wrong impression, during the briefing, and that would lead them to believe it was a normal door, and not an emergency exit. But, you know, there is always "that person" who is a stickler for detail.
Love the sound of the handle, plastic cover, door opening.
Very Clear explanation; Great Job AS usual Man!
great video as always! In the wake of the near miss at SFO in 2017 where an Air Canada flight was landing aligned on a taxiway, I was wondering: what would be the challenges for an airliner to land on a _empty_ taxiway next to the real runway (except the obvious: no ILS, no Papi lights, no markers on the tarmac for the touchdown zone, maybe narrower spaces)? Thanks!
Very interesting video as usual.
Thanks Petter!
Great!
Great explanation Petter, can’t wait see to talk to you on the live 😉
Fantastic vídeo! CONGRATS
Very good video and good information.
That was informative and direct instructions. Thank you for taking the time for this video.
Wonderful explanation, thank you Capitan .
Great to hear that you liked it!
Mentour Pilot big fan, from Brazil.
I want to be pilot, I am studying, and I really enjoy like you record the videos, please continue doing it .
I've always wanted to either open one for practice, or see a demonstration. As a firefighter, I'm glad to of seen this, cause that would really hurt on the other side.
Not sure if you have done this already but I think a good video might be about dealing with disruptive passengers. As a gate agent, I know this type of passenger very well (especially on Ibiza or Alicante flights) but people are always surprise to know that if a plane diverts, the offloaded pax gets the bill. In the UK, if an aircraft even comes back on stand, the offloaded pax is arrested under the air navigation act. Not sure about any other EU countries policy. Maybe talk about how the cabin crew deal with it and defuse the situation, any personal stories you have, selecting an appropriate diversion airport as a crew etc :)
Good vid. I liked that he actually opened the door.
I just stumbled across your channel. Instantly subscribed! Thank you for the videos!
Studies have shown if the passenger seats were backwards, it is a hundred times safer during a crash. Most injuries are caused by people snapping forward and hitting the seat in front of them. The crash positions are designed to reduce these injuries. With the seats backwards this is prevented almost 100% as long as people are wearing their seatbelt, the airplane remains intact, and the seat remains attached to the floor. Only on small company jets have I ever seen the passenger seats installed backwards. I would like to see a video as to why no companies have done this. Thanks.
You are correct, but only about 7 times safer, + there is issues with passengers nauseated and such, that makes it too hard to determine how many
will actually Use those seats and the cost effectiveness of the changes to the aircraft, I flew on military C-5, all upper deck seating was rear facing,
No windows = No Nausea
I would vomit if I was forced to sit backwards. Many people have the same problem. Also people would be very uncomfortable during the climb out.
@@johnferguson7235 thats just even more incentive for airlines to do it. Put in backwards seats under the guise of safety then charge passengers who dont want to sit backwards a permium for forward seats. Same as reduce leg room then charge tall people for more legroom seats.
sk phon Business class on BA has pods where every other one faces the rear. I have flown backwards many times. I didn’t notice anything different about it. It certainly didn’t make me nauseous.
I was on an Air India domestic flight on a smallish jet and they had the first row facing backwards. A bit odd with the whole plane looking at me, but really great if you are traveling in a group of 4!
Great video Mentour i enjoyed it, hope you have a good weekend.
The 737 classic (-300 to -500) had the same "throw-away" overwing exits that the airbus still has. They switched to the new actuated ones with the NG mainly for new regulatory demands. As airbus never had to change the fuselage of their aircraft, neither in length nor in any other way since the initial triplet (319-321) was designed, they still retain the same overwing exit design that was common in the 80ies. After all the A320-family was airbus answer to the 737 classic, which shows in many ways. However, opening the overwing exits in an A319-A321 will inflate an escape slide which is required since the wing is much higher off the ground than in a 737. And that means, if done outside an emergency, that a new slide has to be fitted, the old one refurbished and the aircraft will be on the ground until that lengthy maintenance action is complete. Therefore it is not possible for the crew to enjoy the sun on the wing during a strike related delay somewhere nice like it is on the 737.
Great info.
I just wanted to say that. ;-)
There is a reason why those "throw away" overwing exits are no longer used in new design - it showed that people woud often put the door on a seat in the exit row instead of throwning it out. Maybe they thought you can't throw away some expensive aircraft part. But who cares after a gear up landing somewhere on a field. ;-)
A little nitpick on the Airbusses (Airbii?) - only 318-320 have the "throw away" emergency exits. The 321 has four full size doors on each side. One all the way fwd and aft like the smaller ones, but then another full size door just fwd and aft of the wing instead of the overwing exits.
BTW: 737-100 and -200 also had it, you just missed them in your description.
I was patiently waiting for you to say goodbye and leave through that door.
Very informative!
And... WOW! I didn't think you'd actually open that door! LOL
Hahaha! Yeah, people have reacted on that.
Did you have to pay a fine for opening that door???
Elimar Belian you can just shut it back. I’ve opened and close those doors hundreds of times. You just to make sure the little flap at the bottom is up first. Also they are kind of a bear to pull down. I’m a smaller guy so I have to brace against the inside of the wall haha.
That was really informative! Loved when you stepped out of the door.
I had always understood that during flight, the difference in air pressure make it impossible to open the emergency doors. Is that the case?
Best video Sir. Which airlines do you work for Sir?There's no videos left that I haven't seen. Thanks Sir for this all videos.
Very insightful video and you've summed up most of the points very well but in a concise way!
Just a few of my observations - 1) Most airlines do have a pre-flight briefing (by cabin crew) for overwing exit passengers but I flew American Airlines 2 years ago and there was absolutely no briefing on the 737-800 flight (the flight was absolutely full as well), only briefing material was the card in the seat pocket. 2) Didn't know there was a lanyard there and I don't recall that mentioned anywhere - is that mentioned in the safety card? 3) Just a bit of trivia the blinds on the overwing exit door windows go from bottom to top which is opposite of normal cabin windows
How beautiful you explaining sir .
I love to watch your all veido
Nicely done Mentour! What are the best or funny stories as a pilot that you can tell us?
In (I think) older 737s, the doors I saw told me I had to pull it in and then throw it through the hole, basically, like you explain for non-Boeing aircraft. The newer ones opened like this, though, according to the cards.
an other excellent video cpt. I hear noise from tools, i suppose that the plane is in the maintenance shelter !!! Thanks again for yours nice videos.
Always requesting overwing exit seats for the extra leg room ;)
With great legroom comes great responsibility,
Absolutely . Was once on an OmanAir domestic flight, still on the ground, when an obese pax sitting next to me was asked by the CC/PIC to change seats for safety reasons i.e. blocking the exit row. Took 30 minutes to convince him that it wasn't meant to be personal:)
Next to me was a lady who was convinced that placing her handbag on the ground would not create a safety hazard while sitting on the overwing exits. Took the poor flight attendant around ten minutes to convince the lady to put her handbag in the overhead bins and how he was alredy the highest-up in the cabin and how she was already speaking to the supervisor. After takeoff when she was finaly allowed to have her handbag with her, she literally scolded the flight attendant for taking it.
Great responsibility to be the first to bail out of a sinking ship ;)
They charge extra for it though.
Hey Mentour, I would be interested to hear about any in-flight failures / incidents you have had in your career, and how the real life experience compared to your training. Have the failure(s) / incident(s) changed you as a pilot? Many Thanks
That's my seat 😁👍
Luckily never yet had to evacuate, but always ready and happy to.
I always carry a small torch too just in case.
I really like that kind of format! Great!
Excellent job! I really like your videos, keep it up!
The seats near the exit are my favourite. Enough leg room to not sit squished between the rows. Most modern airliners tend to have not enough space for my longer than usual thigh at the standard rows...
Watching this video I remembered a joke I used to do to the flight attendances: since when I can I try to sit in the emergency exit rows due to more legs room, after they explained how to deal with the emergency doors, they usually were asking us if we were ok to do that if instructed from the cabin crew. And it was kind of funny their reaction when I was asking them "Sure, no problem, can I practice a bit with the door and its handle during the flight, right?" 😀 😀
Very nice explanation as always!
That's my favourite seat to fly, usually . I have chronic pain to my right knee and it is great to be able to stretch my legs. That said, I am aware of what is expected of me, being at the window and being a former emt, I feel comfortable to the possibility of having to perform that role.
I really love your videos! Well explained too. I rarely have any questions after your videos due to the fact that you explain everything very nicely! Keep it up!
Thank you!
This is so cool to see. Thanks for the heads Up.
Another real great video, Thanks
Hello Sir. It is always amazing to see your vlogs. Learn so much. I have a question, what is a safe distance from an aircraft during an emergency, or a fire emergency?
That depends on the type of emergency. But get a few hundred meters away for sure.
Good to hear this from a pilot👍
In the 70s (may have been 737) came back from Bilbao in a half body cast after an accident. The Spanish had taken me up the normal stairs on a mountain rescue stretcher and positioned me over nine seats. At Heathrow the over wing doors were opened and a catering lorry delivered a normal wheeled stretcher to the wing. I was taken off that way. (Before all the other passengers were allowed to leave.)
There's one detail you haven't mentioned as it seems to be obvious - the designated passenger has to be able to communicate in English... Anyway - thanks for another great video.
Fantastic video Captain
Fantastic information captain
I did not expect you REALLY open it :-)
You was teasing us with this video on facebook all day damn you sir
Hahaha
Thanks for these videos...
This was a great, informative, video
Thankyou soo much 737-800 crew here 😄
Have a fantastic day as well mentour have a safe flight always👍😀😇
Amazing video 👌 Thanks
Never heard about the lanyard before even in an FA briefing.
Hi Mentour. Love the channel! I was taking off from PRG today and noticed there was a significant down and then upward slope in the runway 24-06. Do you need to take that into account when taking off and/or landing? If so, how do you do that?