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Is needing to urinate an emergency?
You will have a hard time winning the argument that the need to deviate your flight plan is a true emergency if it was reasonably foreseeable.
In short, faking an emergency is a BAD IDEA! Don’t do it....
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Could a trained individual passenger escape a commercial plane crash by bringing the necessary equipment to parachute?
Well, it depends. Remember, first off, that most aircraft accidents take place during takeoff and landing, at altitudes were a parachute is going to be moot and not very useful for survival.
Second, ...
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Could a trained individual passenger escape a commercial plane crash by bringing the necessary equipment to parachute?
So, if you could even open the doors, which you can't, you'd need a parachute, oxygen supply and mask, survival gear, and probably thermal clothing.
That's a problem. The parachute would likely be ...
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Could a trained individual passenger escape a commercial plane crash by bringing the necessary equipment to parachute?
Either assume that I am notified with enough time to escape, or just forget about crashing entirely and consider that I might just decide to leave the plane whenever I want.
You can't open the doors ...
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Is "Aviate, Navigate, Communicate" legal in Part 121 operations?
121.557(a) is pretty clear:
In an emergency situation that requires immediate decision and action the pilot in command may take any action that he considers necessary under the circumstances. In such ...
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Is needing to urinate an emergency?
You are the Pilot in Command. You decide whether something is an emergency or not. Keeping in mind that the threshold is whether the safety of the flight is in question, not the comfort.
If you feel ...
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Is needing to urinate an emergency?
Arriving at your destination with wet trousers/skirt is certainly no one's desire, but I don't think that can be called an emergency. Worse comes to worse, you let loose and let the fabric absorb ...
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Is needing to urinate an emergency?
No.
Pilots can declare an emergency in situations when they believe the safety of the flight is compromised. But needing to use the bathroom is generally not considered a valid reason to declare an ...
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Is needing to urinate an emergency?
Oh boy has this very nearly happened to me. 3 hour flight and about 1.5 hours in I started to feel the need. I managed to make it to my destination, but I have never sprinted so fast from the apron to ...
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