>Everyone participating in those tests knows what's happening and how to do it. The only variable they don't know is which exits will be blocked. It's like doin

>Everyone participating in those tests knows what's happening and how to do it. The only variable they don't know is which exits will be blocked. It's like doing UX testing with the project team and giving it a pass. You clearly have no idea what you're talking about. People chosen for these tests are chosen from a random sample of the public, including people of all ages, athleticism, knowledge of airplanes, etc. They are only told that that will be participating in a plane evacuation test and will need to go down a slide. Other than that, they are only given the same safety briefing that every passenger on every commercial flight gets. Airline employees or those with pre-knowledge of the evacuation procedures are expressly forbidden from participating in the test. It's not like these are some "evacuation experts". The test also has other stipulations, such as requiring some passengers to carry dolls to simulate carrying children, at least half of the emergency exits are blocked off, all lights are turned off, and various pillows/bags/debris is spread across the airplane aisles to simulate conditions in a crash. >And it's not 'moronic' to want to take money, ID, medicines and valuables in an emergency in a foreign country. The airline certainly isn't going to help afterwards beyond paying the pitiful per-bag compensation. You're in a life-or-death situation where the options are to try to grab your bag with your certainly replaceable money, ID, and medicines, possibly killing yourself and/or others in the process, or leave them behind? Yes, it is absolutely moronic to even attempt to take them.