A reminder about seat belts: 9 injured on AA plane
Dec 9, 2009, 4:38 pm
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However, other than needing to get up for the above purposes, it is best to stay in one's seat with the seat belt securely fastened.
How many of the injured children were lap children under the age of 2 who do not get their own seats or seat belts but must depend on their parents holding them down?
Dec 9, 2009, 4:39 pm
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Dec 9, 2009, 8:46 pm
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I've seen handles in the lavatories, but why not seat belts?
Dec 10, 2009, 12:59 am
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You have to be obey the FAA regulations to stay in the seat and it must to kept seatbelt on all of the times during experienced turbulence. You won't need to get hurt or any kind of head injuries during the flight. You cannot to get off the seat without unbuckled the belt. You are staying in the seat when the captains to says on the PA will tell you to remains in the seat during the turbulence.
Dec 10, 2009, 5:14 am
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(ok, ok, I'm outta here...)
Dec 10, 2009, 10:31 am
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Not just you. I also get less stressed by turbulence if I'm lying flat. If I can't lie flat, I find that it's less stressful if I twist in my seat so I'm not facing forwards. Probably psychological rather than physical.
Dec 11, 2009, 12:16 am
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Actually, the accident was horrifying because many passengers received bloodied faces due to cuts received from flying metal even though their seat belts were fastened. This accident was not due to turbulence but from metal fatigue and corrosion where part of the 737's fuselage ruptured/exploded and the plane became an open-air convertible inflight.
Dec 11, 2009, 11:32 am
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I never never never EVER unbuckle my seatbelt in fight. It just DOES NOT HAPPEN. The sole exception are long flights where I have to use the washroom, but then I wait for the line to clear (even if it takes a while), remove the belt, dash down, and hurry back. And I keep that thing tight.
It really annoys me when I see people standing around chatting, unbuckling their seatbelts, letting their kids run up and down the aisle or stand on the seats. Every single person doing this is a hazard to the people around them.
I honestly worry about the FAs whenever we get into turbulence. I know they're much more at risk than I am, especially with the heavy drinks carts they're often pushing around.
It really annoys me when I see people standing around chatting, unbuckling their seatbelts, letting their kids run up and down the aisle or stand on the seats. Every single person doing this is a hazard to the people around them.
I honestly worry about the FAs whenever we get into turbulence. I know they're much more at risk than I am, especially with the heavy drinks carts they're often pushing around.
Dec 11, 2009, 11:41 am
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Dec 11, 2009, 8:42 pm
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There's always SOMEONE, on every flight, who thinks the seatbelt light does not apply to them. It never fails.
I remember a horrible report of an incident on UA earlier this year which left a woman paralyzed from the neck down for life.
There was intermittent moderate to severe turbulence. The flight crew had turned on the Seat Belt lights 40 minutes before the incidents. The pax who didn't think it applied to them were chastised over the PA by the cabin crew at least once. This woman ignored it, or REALLY had to use the lav. In any case, she went to the lav, the aircraft dropped quickly and she was thrown against the ceiling, breaking her neck. A full investigation showed that the crew and the airline were not liable, considering all recorders showed the Seat Belt lights and recorded the warnings from the crew.
I always keep my seat belt on, and don't stand up for long..just long enough to get to the lav and back..even on long haul trans pac. You just never know. And if the light is on, I don't disobey it. I don't stand in the terminal drinking a big gulp soda before boarding like the amature flyers do.
I remember a horrible report of an incident on UA earlier this year which left a woman paralyzed from the neck down for life.
There was intermittent moderate to severe turbulence. The flight crew had turned on the Seat Belt lights 40 minutes before the incidents. The pax who didn't think it applied to them were chastised over the PA by the cabin crew at least once. This woman ignored it, or REALLY had to use the lav. In any case, she went to the lav, the aircraft dropped quickly and she was thrown against the ceiling, breaking her neck. A full investigation showed that the crew and the airline were not liable, considering all recorders showed the Seat Belt lights and recorded the warnings from the crew.
I always keep my seat belt on, and don't stand up for long..just long enough to get to the lav and back..even on long haul trans pac. You just never know. And if the light is on, I don't disobey it. I don't stand in the terminal drinking a big gulp soda before boarding like the amature flyers do.
Dec 11, 2009, 9:52 pm
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Every single time I buckle my seat belt I think of that Aloha Airlines flight and have ever since it happened. My parents were supposed to be on that flight and delayed themselves an extra day because they were having such a good time. My seatbelt is always low and tight.