Started By
Message

Are you allowed to wear a small parachute on a commercial flight?

Posted on 7/16/16 at 11:52 pm
Posted by Asgard Device
The Daedalus
Member since Apr 2011
11562 posts
Posted on 7/16/16 at 11:52 pm
Something that might save your life should you get sucked out of the plane?
Posted by Golfer
Member since Nov 2005
75052 posts
Posted on 7/16/16 at 11:53 pm to
Go home. You're drunk.
Posted by lynxcat
Member since Jan 2008
24121 posts
Posted on 7/16/16 at 11:54 pm to
I would think you could bring it as one of your two carry on pieces. Either under seat or fits above.
Posted by Ancient Astronaut
Member since May 2015
32923 posts
Posted on 7/16/16 at 11:55 pm to
If I ever work in a tall building I'm getting one for my office
Posted by Asgard Device
The Daedalus
Member since Apr 2011
11562 posts
Posted on 7/16/16 at 11:56 pm to
quote:

I would think you could bring it as one of your two carry on pieces. Either under seat or fits above.


I'm curious if the metal pieces would raise attention to it and then TSA would be suspicious of you for having a way to jump out of the plane.
Posted by KillTheGophers
Member since Jan 2016
6209 posts
Posted on 7/16/16 at 11:58 pm to
lack of oxygen would have you dead on most commercial flights before you had the chance to ever deploy the chute.

Posted by athenslife101
Member since Feb 2013
18551 posts
Posted on 7/17/16 at 12:08 am to
I've met a number of people who formerly worked in the Sears Tower recently. And one girl was telling me tonight about how on her floor the building would rock so hard from the wind every once in awhile that the Windows would ripple under the pressure.

Also, supposedly, working in the Sears Tower sucks because it take forever to get to your office. It's a maze of 1-2 elevators and 2-3 escalators to get to your office. They said their commute was 10-20 minutes longer once they entered the building. And heaven help you if they're repairing something.
Posted by Tactical1
Denham Springs
Member since May 2010
27104 posts
Posted on 7/17/16 at 12:09 am to
Willis Tower brah
Posted by ten Hoor Hall
Member since Feb 2014
380 posts
Posted on 7/17/16 at 12:47 am to
Never
Posted by SmoothOperator96
TD Premium Member
Member since Jan 2016
4040 posts
Posted on 7/17/16 at 1:00 am to
That pressure drop would kill you.
The pressure difference is so great, that you couldn't even open the doors on the side of the plane. It would require an unrealistic amount of force. The plane is essentially a vacuum. And if the plane split in half, you'd be sucked out and either killed instantly or knocked out at the very least. Parachute would do absolutely no good. Sorry to crush your spirit. But if a plane is fricked, so are you. Unless the pilot could pull off a miraculous emergency landing.
Posted by skinny domino
sebr
Member since Feb 2007
14329 posts
Posted on 7/17/16 at 1:03 am to
quote:

Are you allowed to wear a small parachute on a commercial flight? by Asgard Device
I bet if John Wayne was alive he could do it....and maybe Ronald Reagan.....stud's I tell you. You high?
Posted by Lsuchs
Member since Apr 2013
8073 posts
Posted on 7/17/16 at 1:07 am to
Most plane crashes you would hold on to the hope the crash landing will be successful I'd imagine. To open the emergency exit would unleash hell for everyone onboard.

I'd imagine both engines failing simultaneously would be rare. And if something crazy happened like a wing braking off it would be pretty impressive to navigate your way out of that plane.

And like another poster said, I have no idea about the legality of bringing a parachute, but you better get there pretty earlier for your flight bc you that would raise some eyebrows going through security
This post was edited on 7/17/16 at 1:08 am
Posted by Slim_Charles69
Bodymore, Murdaland
Member since Apr 2015
779 posts
Posted on 7/17/16 at 1:20 am to
OP sounds like a pysco
Posted by BayouFann
CenLa
Member since Jun 2012
6868 posts
Posted on 7/17/16 at 1:43 am to
Wierd but I was just thinking of this yesterday.
Posted by redstick13
Lower Saxony
Member since Feb 2007
38449 posts
Posted on 7/17/16 at 1:57 am to
Even if you someone managed to survive the initial ejection and open your chute it would be ripped to shreds. They aren't designed to open at 500 mph.
This post was edited on 7/17/16 at 1:58 am
Posted by VABuckeye
Naples, FL
Member since Dec 2007
35473 posts
Posted on 7/17/16 at 2:49 am to
Then there's the fact that you wouldn't be acclimated to the altitude and couldn't breathe.
Posted by Sparkplug#1
Member since May 2013
7352 posts
Posted on 7/17/16 at 7:28 am to
How high was cooper when he bailed?
Posted by RummelTiger
Texas
Member since Aug 2004
89831 posts
Posted on 7/17/16 at 7:32 am to
Around 10k feet, but the plane was also going slow as frick. So slow, that the pilots were fearful the engines would stall.
Posted by tigersownall
Thibodaux
Member since Sep 2011
15292 posts
Posted on 7/17/16 at 7:34 am to
What's the point of those exits then?
Posted by tLSU
Member since Oct 2007
8618 posts
Posted on 7/17/16 at 7:38 am to
...so you can exit when the plane is on the ground or in the water.
first pageprev pagePage 1 of 2Next pagelast page

Back to top
logoFollow TigerDroppings for LSU Football News
Follow us on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram to get the latest updates on LSU Football and Recruiting.

FacebookTwitterInstagram