Plane's going down, only one parachute

[Insomniator]

Alright so lets say you give it to your spouse and she jumps, you're alone on a plane falling to the earth.

You have what, 3 minutes? to figure out what would give you the best possible chance of surviving.. assuming the plane isn't in some straight down spiral of death...

Whats the best thing to do? Obviously its probably like a .0001% to a .0002% chance of living but might as well try...

 

[coloumb]

Give her the shute. Then I'd just jump out at the last minute to avoid dying. That's how it works in cartoons [Road Runner] - so it's gotta work...right?

 

[nakedfrog]

Throw the chute out the plane and laugh hysterically.

 

[Scouzer]

I'd give it to my girlfriend for two reasons:

1) It seems like the thing to do
2) I couldn't live with the guilt for the rest of my life if I hadn't.

 

[child of wonder]

We love each other so much that we would die together and give the parachute to the gunman.

</Lifetime chickflick>

 

[JTsyo]

Give it to her but jump with her to pull the cord because she would probably be sacred silly and not thinking clearly. Of course the decision would be much easier if she was carrying your child.


Let's throw another one out there. You're on a sinking ship in freezing water. You get your SO into a life raft and do the best to survive. Your SO leaves the raft and comes with you. After the ship sinks, do you let her have your floating debris or tell her to screw off for being an idiot?

 

[PingSpike]

Originally posted by: BrunoPuntzJones
If you were in a vat of vomit up to your neck, and could only sit down or stand up, and a big bag of shit was being swung towards you, would you take the bag of shit in the face, or duck down into the vat of vomit?

LOL. I'd obviously use my eye lasers to vaporize the bag of shit. Is this a trick question?

 

[krylon]

Originally posted by: Scouzer
I'd give it to my girlfriend for two reasons:

1) It seems like the thing to do
2) I couldn't live with the guilt for the rest of my life if I hadn't.

Bummer because she'd probably find another cock to ride and forget all about you, Mr. Niceguy.

Oh, and :camera: of girlfriend

 

[Baked]

It's mine bitch! /slap + jumps out w/ chute.

 

[Quiksilver]

Where's the option for I wear the parachute and spouse holds on and hope like hell parachute slows the fall enough to keep you from making a crater? I mean I'd rather have both of us live even if it meant breaking both my legs on impact.

 

[Miramonti]

Originally posted by: dainthomas
This scenario is extremely unlikely under almost any conceivable situation. The vast majority of plane crashes occur during takeoff or landing, so a parachute will do no good. Even if you knew it was definitely going to crash with enough time to find a parachute and put it on, you couldn't get the door open mid flight.

That said, I voted me.

Brilliant. I thought most crashes occurred in the air!

 

[DrPizza]

In all of recorded history, every plane that has gone up has also gone down. There are no planes that have perpetually stayed up. Thus, as you said "Plane's going down, only one parachute", why should I worry? The vast vast vast majority of the time that a plane is going down, it's to land safely at an airport. What kind of parachute? I'd love to have a powered parachute; it'd be nice to have a replacement parachute for one.

 

[TallBill]

I'd throw it on the gunman's back and throw him off. Society owes him a 2nd chance. Then I'd smash the plane into the ground killing everyone else.

 

[evident]

cant your spouse hold on to you and you both jump with the parachute

 

[Jeeebus]

I imagine it would go something like this

 

[thecrecarc]

Give SO parachute, and try to tandem jump hanging on.

 

[Miramonti]

Originally posted by: DrPizza
In all of recorded history, every plane that has gone up has also gone down. There are no planes that have perpetually stayed up. Thus, as you said "Plane's going down, only one parachute", why should I worry? The vast vast vast majority of the time that a plane is going down, it's to land safely at an airport. What kind of parachute? I'd love to have a powered parachute; it'd be nice to have a replacement parachute for one.

The flights that are currently in the air have yet to come down. Put that one in your recorded history book and smoke it.

 

[James Bond]

Originally posted by: AmberClad
Give the chute to the heavier person, other one holds on for dear life?

This.

 

[mugs]

When you say audi5, I think you mean outie?

 

[MrWizzard]

Wait wait this doesn't make sense, if I jump with the chute but have to leave my spouse behind how am I going to open the chute........

I think this is the problem most Anandtech members would have.

 

[Slapstick]

Aw come on it's easy, married/together less than a year you give it to her, after a year you take it. Been together/married more than 5 years you kick her out of the plane first then jump so you have a show to watch on the way down.

 

[AreaCode707]

Either both stay or try to make the parachute work for both. I know my husband would offer it to me, but I wouldn't leave him there. I'm not afraid of death.

 

[Ruptga]

Originally posted by: AmberClad
Give the chute to the heavier person, other one holds on for dear life?

This, it's all or nothing for me.

 

[dr150]

Step out of the plane a millisecond before it crashes Bugs Bunny style.

 

[BudAshes]

Originally posted by: dr150
Step out of the plane a millisecond before it crashes Bugs Bunny style.

yeah just jump up as it is about to hit the ground.