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A lesson to learn from theat Continental flight: the seat belt sign was on.

Posted by ty97 Aug 4 '09, 08:14

people thrown from their seats weren't wearing their seat belts, presumably.

If you're seated, even if the sign isn't on, wear your seat belt. Turbulence an hit out of nowhere.

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maybe the light came up right before! -- nm - loosilu Aug 4, 08:16 45
- "If you're seated, even if the sign isn't on, wear your seat belt." - mafic Aug 4, 08:18 44
  - everyone must OBEY! -- nm - loosilu Aug 4, 08:25 21
    - by all means, don't wear it. just don't come whining to me when you smash into a bulkhead. -- nm - mafic Aug 4, 08:28 20
      - I'm just saying, in the middle of a long flight, I have a lot of sympathy. -- nm - loosilu Aug 4, 08:29 19
        
        Honestly I have no idea how wearing the seatbelt is a big deal. It's not even noticeable unless you're getting up. -- nm - pmb Aug 4, 08:31 18
        
        have you ever worn one for a 12 hour flight? -- nm - loosilu Aug 4, 08:32 7
        
        I'm not saying you shouldn't get up and stretch your legs, but while you're seated I don't get how it's anything to have your seatbelt on. -- nm - pmb Aug 4, 08:38 1
        
        Flight to London, I think it was off a total of 20 minutes. -- nm - Spawn Aug 4, 08:46
        
        I don't even notice it, personally. -- nm - ty97 Aug 4, 08:35 3
        
        maybe you have no claustrophobia. I don't mind airplanes at all but I do mind being strapped down for hours. -- nm - loosilu Aug 4, 08:36 2
        
        I can't get comfortable on airplanes at all. My legs are too long and my shoulders are too wide for the seats. But the seatbelt is by far the least - pmb Aug 4, 08:42
        
        I'm the twitchy'est human ever. I have wide shoulders for most domestic plane rides. - Will Hunting Aug 4, 08:40
        
        yes. nm -- nm - groiny Aug 4, 08:33
        
        yeah, same here. it's not like you're wearing a shoulder harness. -- nm - mafic Aug 4, 08:32
        
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        I can only speak for me, but even when I started traveling extensively (weighed in the mid-200s then) the seat belt didn't bug me -- nm - ty97 Aug 4, 08:36 1
        
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        Did you just call loosi fat? (nm) - musubi Aug 4, 08:34 5
        
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        It. Was. A. Joke. (nm) - musubi Aug 4, 08:39 2
        
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        I got it. -- nm - loosilu Aug 4, 08:39
        
        and out of shape, I believe. -- nm - loosilu Aug 4, 08:35
  - maybe they just sat down and were going to put their setabelts on! -- nm - znufrii Aug 4, 08:20 21
    - Maybe I shit flowers out of my ass - ty97 Aug 4, 08:21 20
      - really? I bet that comes in handy on dates. - mafic Aug 4, 08:23 1
        
        "Roses really smell like boo boo." -- nm - Qale Aug 4, 08:32
      - I disagree with that. By far. -- nm - Spawn Aug 4, 08:22 17
        
        Not during takeoff/landing of course, but other than that, yeah, people get up and move around at will. - ty97 Aug 4, 08:25 16
        
        taxiing after landing too. saw a dude fall over once when the pilot hit the brakes a little hard at the gate. -- nm - mafic Aug 4, 08:26 3
        
        they're driving what, 30mph? yeah, you should be seated. -- nm - loosilu Aug 4, 08:26 2
        
        it's usually people trying to gain that extra six seconds on everyone else right as you pull up to the gate. -- nm - mafic Aug 4, 08:29 1
        
        I really wish they would show videos of what can go wrong if you ignore. - ty97 Aug 4, 08:35
        
        well shoot, they even tell you not to sit the whole time so you won't get blood clots. -- nm - loosilu Aug 4, 08:26 3
        
        I've never heard an airline say you can't get up. What I normally hear is. - ty97 Aug 4, 08:28 2
        
        I know I have read advice in the inflight magazine that says to walk around. -- nm - loosilu Aug 4, 08:30 1
        
        Right. They don't require you to stay seated at all times throughout the flight. - ty97 Aug 4, 08:40
        
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        And that's a personal choice. Airline warns you, you choose to ignore. - ty97 Aug 4, 08:26 6
        
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        oh, I know - ty97 Aug 4, 08:29 4
        
        Look, I know I have responsibility if I choose to stand up. -- nm - loosilu Aug 4, 08:34
        
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        right. I could just see them angling as "no announcement, or not enough announcements were made" - ty97 Aug 4, 08:38

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