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 When he opened the door, would it have made it. An emergency exit from the plane. If the door system had not been set for exiting. The emergency chute would automatically then go off. So he did not get a choice in the matter once he opened it. If so bet that gave him a fright  Would I be right in thinking this .
Actually no, Geoff. The F/As are responsible to make sure the emergency chutes are activated/non-activated by means of a switch or lever located on each of the exits doors. And thus, he would've known if the chute was going to deploy or not.
In fact, one of my functions at the boarding gates was to move the jet bridge to and from the A/C as it arrived/departed from the gate. And, before I'd open the A/C door upon arrival or in fact anytime it was closed and there where passengers and flight crew on board, I'd have to knock on the door, look through the little window in the door, and then check to see if the F/A had given me the thumbs up, indicating to me that they had de-activated the emergency chute of that door.
Now, every once in a great while, somebody meeting the plane with the jet bridge failed to adhere to that procedure, and the chute would deploy right into the jet bridge, thus causing a needless delay of that flight.
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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