PAX O2 masks for smoke or fumes???
Yesterday a AA Airbus flight diverted to LAX with smoke / fumes in the cabin. The ATC tape played on the news has the pilot saying the they had the O2 masks dropped in the pax cabin. I have heard of other similar situations recently. I called my UA airbus captain friend and asked if there was a procedure for deploying masks for smoke or fumes. He said there is no procedure. There is none for the B-737 that I fly. I had a simulator scenario one year that addressed this very issue. PAX O2 masks are for decompression ONLY. The masks are not designed for smoke mitigation. Any thoughts on this? Are there any airlines that have a procedure to deploy PAX O2 masks outside of a decompression event? AA guys?