Originally Posted by
Dover2Golf
SQ did allow this at one time but it went as one of the recommendations following the crash at Taipai. They are very safety conscious around take off and landing and the female crew even have different shoes to wear. If you need to get out in a hurry the last thing you need is a headset in the way.
I think this is overkill. The odds of something happening is so minimal. In additional, in the event of an emergency, the fact that someone has to take their headsets off does not seem to be such a big deal. The headset is not attached by lock and key to someone's head. I think this is a case of over thinking.
Safety precautions need to be balanced with risk. There is no such thing as a 100 percent safety guarantee. If you take it to its natural conclusion, all passengers should be required to keep their hands on their seat belts during take off and landing so they can immediately dislodge it so they can get a quicker start off the aircraft!
We need common sense rules.