Rubber Jungle Pressure Bundles

When the pressure drops in an airplane cabin and all the oxygen masks fall, pilots refer to all that equipment hanging down as a rubber jungle. This is part of a complete episode.
Transcript of “Rubber Jungle Pressure Bundles”

The other day I was listening to an account by a commercial air pilot who had lost power in both of his engines.

And he was describing what he did next to land the plane safely.

And he used a term which I had never heard, which was rubber jungle.

Do you know this term?

I don’t. That’s amazing. I love it.

What is this?

This is the dense forest-like perfusion of tubes and straps and bags and masks that come down when oxygen masks are deployed.

It’s called the rubber jungle.

Okay.

And so when they reach rubber jungle stage, then you know stuff is happening.

It’s serious.

Right, right, right.

The cabin has become depressurized and you have that rubber jungle in back.

Rubber jungle.

Hit us up with your new lingo, the stuff that you found.

And Martha and I keep lists, and we’re adding yours to it, 877-929-9673.

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