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Originally Posted by aap1966
You NOTICE the catastrophic decompression, it's the slow gradual decompression that gets you.
Captain is snoozing during the cruise..., co-pilot hesitant to wake him up.....feels drowsy...(? some fault in masks-they don't drop, it's happened before)....."I'll just rest my eyes for a second"......
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Modern transport jets have Cabin Altitude warnings that alert when the pressure altitude in the cabin/cockpit exceeds 10,000 feet - multiple visual alerts directly in front of the pilot and very loud aural alerts that are almost deafening. Think of a school bell ringing. The Payne Stewart incident happened in an old Learjet, that apparently was not equipped with the same type of cabin altitude warning system.