Originally Posted by
lokijuh
It's all about risks, and I think changing into/out of shorts at cruising altitude and wearing long pants during take off/landing is probably one way of mitigating the risk. I suspect the risks of jumping into a car and driving after a long haul flight and/or jumping into a taxi or even limousine (in some parts of the world at least), are probably much much more significant.
Exactly. I'm not trying to undermine
djjaguar64's posts, but if you look at the likelihood of these risks eventuating, there are far more concerns out there than shorts on a plane ( or even snakes on a plane
)