Originally Posted by
chollie
The FAs don't have any special protections, so in a crash, it's quite likely some of them will be injured, but that possibly leaves them, as well as pax, vulnerable if there's nothing around sharp enough to cut through a seatbelt.
Likely true that some will be injured, but I would think that the FAs in rear-facing seats and with multi-point harnesses (instead of just lap belts) would be *much* better protected than passengers.
It would be a blessing if this crash got some attention to the risks of TSA's knife policy. I wonder how much more seriously the trapped passengers were injured because they had to wait for the crew to get seatbelt-cutters from first responders.