Originally Posted by
Littlegirl
At British Airways we do have ridget handcuffs on all our aircraft, exactly the same type used by the police and annually we go through refresher training in how to use these for pain compliance purposes.
All the trainers taking the training courses have been trained by the police. We use the same methods as used by the police when using these restraint techniques.
We do not use zip ties.
That's really good to know! I do hope however, that you are trained to use restraint techniques and not the handcuffs themselves for pain compliance (it's considered torture under the European Convention on Human Rights)
