Re:How Japan Airlines crew led 367 passengers to safety from...
by steveBK123 on Thursday January 04, 2024 @09:30AM
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The scenarios in which you want to lock the bins is precisely the scenarios where the locks are likely to fail - crashes.
It's already been reported JAL plane damage was bad enough that intercoms didn't work.
Can't lock them for the full flight, at most you can lock them during first/last 30min ascent/descent. But even there, many incidents begin in the air and precipitate an emergency landing. We will then add another item for the checklist (lock the bins) while they are supposed to be focussed on keeping the plane in the air and safely landing it?
So needless cost & complexity that will have maintenance costs, inconvenience costs.. and then have a high probability of failure in the one case it was designed for anyway.
Many problems are people problems and technology can't solve people.
It's already been reported JAL plane damage was bad enough that intercoms didn't work.
Can't lock them for the full flight, at most you can lock them during first/last 30min ascent/descent. But even there, many incidents begin in the air and precipitate an emergency landing. We will then add another item for the checklist (lock the bins) while they are supposed to be focussed on keeping the plane in the air and safely landing it?
So needless cost & complexity that will have maintenance costs, inconvenience costs.. and then have a high probability of failure in the one case it was designed for anyway.
Many problems are people problems and technology can't solve people.