So it's a bit like "why don't people wear a welding mask while cooking?" It was never even a risk that I had considered before.
Your kitchen does not have staff telling you to make sure you are wearing a welding mask. It may also lack appropriate indicator lamps that tell you when it is a good time to wear your welding mask. It is also not standard practice in all kitchens.
It’s actually not like airplane seatbelts at all, where they are ubiquitous and the risks of not wearing them are fairly well-documented.
I didn’t have any headphones on. At first it felt a little bit overboard, but with events like this turbulence happening, I can see the need for it.
The advice to wear your seat belt throughout the flight are hardly clear and emphatic. They often make it sound like something they have to say to cover their asses. There's certainly no clear comms around the risk of death and serious injury.
I have no idea in this case whether the indicators went on in time but I obviously wasn't arguing in favour of ignoring those.
> the risks of not wearing them are fairly well-documented.
Where? Where would I have seen this documentation? I'm 53 and I have no recollection of stumbling across it.
(also - please reconsider your tone next time. It feels like you're trying to get me riled up)
Seat belts in cars also contain several CYA-grade chimes and buzzers. The owner manual may mention risk of injury or death. Likely an airline's contract of carriage contains the same. I suspect both are read as often and as eagerly by their users.
I think the multiple "off tone" messages you're getting are in response to your use of ignorance as a defense for ignoring airplane crew instructions.
I can't remember the last time I was on a plane where they didn't recommend keeping a seatbelt on at all times.
Here is the BA brief saying to do just that time 1:55: https://youtu.be/gBGbDQbwzWU?si=5KS4LTEcDmtQKJH_
Here is the United one where they mention it at 0:30: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2LSKVAH4WA
I can't imagine anything more clear than starting the seatbelt briefing: "It is important to have your safety belt on at all times"
They end it with: "In case of unexpected turbulence keep your seatbelt fastened, even when the seatbelt sign is off."
Its literally the first and last things that United tells you about your seatbelt.
> Where? Where would I have seen this documentation? I'm 53 and I have no recollection of stumbling across it.
Besides the bright "buckle your belt" sign in front of you and the little leaflet that says "buckle your belt" at arms reach ?
https://www.travelandleisure.com/thmb/K-qKcdwWTPYlcarQsYPkR3...
I just always wear my seatbelt per the flight attendants' instructions, "keep your seatbelts fastened while seated" is a recommendation in every flight I've ever taken in my life.
(Because instead of implying that the safety device is absurd, it implies that some people ignore the obvious)
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