strcrssd@kbin.socialtoNo Stupid Questions@lemmy.world•Why don't passanger airplanes come with parachutes for people?
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7 months agoFAA is one of the better government agencies. In the US, they’d have to be tested and be shown to work on a regular basis in the same way that the emergency rafts and oxygen candles are tested.
It’s worth noting that all commercial aircraft that operate over water (so, the vast majority, excepting very small commercial aircraft and four-engine behemoths) have ETOPS ratings. [ETOPS, Extended-range Twin-engine Operations Performance Standards](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ETOPS#:~:text=ETOPS%20(%2Fi%CB%90%CB%88t%C9%92,%2Dengine%2Dinoperative%20flight%20conditions.) specifies the amount of time the aircraft can operate on a single engine, measured in minutes. ETOPS-180 is a pretty common rating.