Is that an EICAS message? I don't think all airplanes/operators have an evacuation signal. The only thing I could think of is the DOORS EICAS message being displayed.

On the 767, (at least the ones I fly), there is an evac switch on the L1 panel just inside the L1 door. When the f/a turns on that switch it sounds the evac beeper. You hear it in the cockpit as well as throughout the cabin. My point is, if you hear that sound, you initiate the evacuation checklist.

So if this particular evacuation was initiated in the cabin as some have speculated, then the crew should have know there was an evac happening and done the correct checklist.

And we all watched the China Airlines 73-800 explode on the ramp from a fuel leak/engine fire, Hoss.

It wasn't perfect but there are no life threating injuries. The FLL responders were especially impressive.

"Screwed if you do, screwed if you don't" is no decision at all.

Some have it, some don't. It was optional.

It looked to me like the aft end was evacuating before the front end. Perhaps L1 was as in the dark as the cockpit. Maybe if we pay enough taxes we can fund an organization that will tell us what happened. Then we can all laugh at the boobs or not.

Thanks for the info. Didn't realize that would be an option. Seems like a pretty important piece of safety equipment to have. We actually test ours each once day.