Ummm... no. Two minutes without O2 does not kill you. It does knock you out for a few minutes. As for the pilots, at FL 430 you need positive pressure O2 masks. I do not believe the crew had such masks. Then there is the problem of disposing of 230 bodies. No small task. Then there is the issue of keeping 230 furious passengers from breaking-down the cockpit door and taking back the airplane during its seven hour joy ride.
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“As for the pilots, at FL 430 you need positive pressure O2 masks. I do not believe the crew had such masks.”
All jets have pressure masks for the flight deck crew. Passengers have the continuous flow masks.
” As for the pilots, at FL 430 you need positive pressure O2 masks.”
At FL 430 pilots are required to have O2 masks. The 777 is certified to cruise at FL430 meaning passengers would be comfortable without O2 masks.