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samclem · 05-17-2008, 10:04 PM

Maybe $2000 per whiz is a bargain.

The article says there have been 2 crashes "over the years" due to the present procedure. A modern jet costs $20-100 million You could buy LOTS of these glorified piddle-packs for the price of one crash.

Not to mention loss of life. It's a good bet that the crashes involved a fatality. Unstrapped from the seat (where the 'chute usually is in modern jets, so you are unstrapped from the parachute), head-down, fumbling with your "equipment" hardly puts a guy/gal in a good position to eject if things go wrong.

But, it DOES sound like somebody could make these things cheaper . . .

05-17-2008, 10:04 PM	#15
samclem Thinks s/he gets paid by the post Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 4,311	Maybe $2000 per whiz is a bargain. The article says there have been 2 crashes "over the years" due to the present procedure. A modern jet costs $20-100 million You could buy LOTS of these glorified piddle-packs for the price of one crash. Not to mention loss of life. It's a good bet that the crashes involved a fatality. Unstrapped from the seat (where the 'chute usually is in modern jets, so you are unstrapped from the parachute), head-down, fumbling with your "equipment" hardly puts a guy/gal in a good position to eject if things go wrong. But, it DOES sound like somebody could make these things cheaper . . . __________________ "Freedom begins when you tell Mrs. Grundy to go fly a kite." - R. Heinlein