Originally Posted by
MSPeconomist
Similarly, there can be cases where having access to medication in the hours after a crash could be a life and death situation. EMTs and airport medical facilities can provide common prescriptions like insulin quickly (if they're willing to accept the crach victim's word and not insist on running lots of tests first), but more exotic drugs could be difficult to obtain quickly if one's own supply is destroyed or otherwise rendered unavailable.
So are you suggesting that passengers should be allowed to grab their luggage during an emergency?
I think the question is - where do we draw the line? How many passengers may have prescription drugs with them that they may need immediately after a crash? And just for those few passengers, should we put lives of other passengers in danger?