It Does Indeed Speak Volumes! And RBruce has a Good Valid Point concerning the Altitudes.

But at least in Aardwolfe's particular example, -Their Decision Turned Out to be a Wrong One! I Understand that they Couldn't have Known about that Ahead of Time. And the Feasability of Bailing Out at a Suitably High Altitude, -May or May Not have been in the Cards!

Also, -I Indeed have also Thought about Similarly, in some Cases, -of Jumping Out of a Car About to Crash! In Only Some, and in Only Proper and Possible Cases!, once again! This in No Way Negates nor Diminishes!, -Your Many Fine Points Against Doing Such! At Least in Many Cases! And in Many Many Cases, -I Would Stay and Try to Ride it Out with the Car! And For that Matter, -Plane!

Pre-Bailing Out could at Least been Ideally Advisable in the Case of the 9-11 Hijackings! Except for at least One, Perhaps Two (or More) Things! These are the Altitude! A Bailee would Still be Jumping Out at Skyscraper Height, -and Without a Parachute! And the Hijackers may have been able to Prevent / Interfere With, -any such Attempt! But Otherwise, -Were I in Such Position as a Passenger, -I Might like to Make a Low Altitude, Emergency Exit Bailout!, -if I Could!

Again, -I Might Still Make some Occassional Proper Exceptions. But you Guys are in Most Cases, -Overwhelmingly Right!, -on this One! [color:"black"] [/color] [email]rbruce[/email]