Originally Posted by
SMK77
The main recommendation that comes from NTSB is to have flight attendants seated during approach when the aircraft is below 20,000 feet.
Having flight attendants seated with their seat belts fastened during additional portions of the descent phase of flight would reduce the rate of flight attendant injuries due to turbulence and the rate of turbulence-related accidents overall.
According to NTSB, having everyone seated below 20,000ft would reduce injuries for flight attendants by about 60%.
It's interesting to note that Singapore Airlines seems to be operating in a fact-free environment as this key recommendation has been ignored for years and has not been implemented with the recent changes announced after the SQ321 incident. Same goes for BA12 in June 2023. A flight that travelled on the same London-Singapore route and got into trouble around the same area as SQ321. 5 crew injured including one with spinal injuries.
The current head-less chicken management style reflects very poorly on key decision makers at SIA. If fear and not facts dictates what safety measure are deployed, there is something very wrong.
Originally Posted by
HadesNL
I think it will apply primairly mostly for flights that cross the bay of Bengal.
Changes which could have been done a year ago in the name of crew safety.
As someone who find himself on this route twice a month, I am struggling to understand the rationale. Surely, the way it looks they would then have ignored crew and pax safety since this last incident on BA — same route same place for that BA flight.