Originally Posted by
elcid88
Depends on the aircraft and type of O2 system.
Definitely. I don't personally know of any planes where O2 is leaked without pulling the pin but if this was the case I would not want to dump a bunch of masks into an unknown smoke source. But otherwise it seems like it would be such minimal O2 vs allowing the pax a little comfort during such an event. Good debate though because maybe there isnt a right or wrong answer just preference and whatever your aircrafts checklist says.