Actually the test was as close to reality as possible.
All people were sat in their seats, seatbelts fastened, the light were turned off, some pieces of luggage placed in the aisles.
Of course people in a real emergency will act slightly different, but the actual case of 'panic' as described in movies or as happened in mass-events are more seldom than people think.
I agree, this seems like a fairly accurate representation to me. The people aren’t crowded onto the slides like you would expect because only so many can fit through the door at a time, resulting in a fairly orderly evacuation.
All people were sat in their seats, seatbelts fastened, the light were turned off, some pieces of luggage placed in the aisles.
Of course people in a real emergency will act slightly different, but the actual case of 'panic' as described in movies or as happened in mass-events are more seldom than people think.