Originally Posted by
KarlJ
Your point is taken, albeit with prejudice. As easily as you recall the times people didn’t always question everything, it’s just as easy to argue that people didn’t always feel as heavily and, in fact - overly laden down with rules, regulations, and restrictions as they are today.
True, but we didn't always have cell=phones, lap-tops, roller-bags, etc. At one time there were hat-racks, small briefcases and that's about it for carry-ons.
Rules have increased as our lives have evolved thus MORE rules. Since the advent of cabin safety studies which started in the 50's (the jet age really) it was always a rule that "all service items furnished by the operator be collected prior to landing"... that's an FAR. It has always been an FAR that seat-backs be up and locked.
From a cabin-safety perspective I really only see security related issues as having changed. Maybe that means you can no longer stand and wait for the FWD lavatory etc but many of these rules have always existed, personally I just didn't find people as brazen in challenging all of them.