Agreed. And while decompressions are rare, they do happen. Masks drop on a passenger aircraft somewhere in the world several times each year, and there is a fairly decent chance of there being pax in the lavatory at the time. It's madness.

There again, it's long been the case that you are 'safer' in many respects on certain foreign carriers as opposed to being on a US carrier, due mainly to the shortsightedness of the respective US regulatory bodies. For instance, on a European carrier's longhaul flights, the crew members will have been trained by the airline to a far greater level of aviation medical training than in the US, not too mention the equipment carried is superior and can also be accessed by the crew (doctors box etc).

Likewise for infant restraint belts - carried for years by European carriers, but the advice in an emergency from US carriers - put your baby on the floor, hold on, and hope they survive if you have to make an emergency landing.

But we digress. Thanks to the OP for the link even if article is not DL specific.