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Old Jun 22, 2018 | 6:56 pm
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Originally Posted by jsnearline
Of course I’m aware they can be up and serving drinks when the seatbelt on, unless the captain asvises them to be seated, but rummaging through an overhead bin when there’s turbulence duriing ascent seems like more of a safety risk to me.
If the plane was bouncing around in enough turbulence to cause the bottle to fall, then I doubt the FA would have gotten out of their seat. The bottle most likely fell just because she moved something and it was going to fall whether the seat belt sign was on or not.
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