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To: KLP who wrote (231453)	12/13/2007 11:06:34 AM
From: ManyMoose	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 793955

We provided survival training for all our crews on my project in Alaska. The project involved daily travel from the mothership in a helicopter out to field locations that were spaced about three miles apart. Against the remote possibility that they might have to escape an aircraft under the water, part of the training involved a device called "The Pig." The Pig was basically an enclosed frame representing an aircraft. The trainees were belted in with the kind of seatbelt harness and dunked in a swimming pool, the object being to free themselves from the harness and swim to the surface. I wanted to take this segment of training very badly but circumstances prevented so I can't speak from personal experience. We never had any problems, and I'm sure our people were grateful for the opportunity to prepare themselves for an emergency escape. A scene very like this training was portrayed in the Richard Gere movie, "An Officer and a Gentleman." This movie depicted a meltdown by one of the trainees being dunked in The Pig; however, I personally think it was exaggerated.