As a newbie at UAL in 2001, we came to egress day. The instructor asked who in the class had experienced an inflight emergency. Almost everyone raised their hands. Then the instructor asked who had experienced an engine failure...this time mainly the ex-military guys raised their hands. Finally, the instructor asked if anyone had ever ditched an airplane. Unbelivabley, one Navy guy raised his hand. He had been on a crew that ditched a P-3 in the Indian Ocean. We all looked at him and told him he validated egress day.