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Originally Posted by MTI
First, the clips come off fast, so there's no safety issue, even in "an emergency." Second, as for following crew commands, that's always a good rule.
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But that’s only in
your mind. They don’t care what’s going on in your mind.
It doesn’t matter how fast
you think you can get them off.
You do not (ever) get to determine what is or isn’t a safety issue.
If they think you can get the tray table up faster without them on there...You loose. No matter what you think.
Never think that you know exactly what’s going to play out in “an emergency”.
Nobody really knows the chain of events. You can go over it in your head a zillion times. Even practice it a zillion times. You’ll be better prepared by far. But things still will not go exactly as you think.
It’s easy to sit there and think they are not a safety issue.
But here’s how it plays out (using your thoughts) for the cabin crew:
Ok a little clear air turbulence. I need to get this tray table up. I also need to get my seat belt back on. No big deal. I’ll do the tray table first. Oops, I have to put this book/food/drink/laptop/paper/whatever some place first. Second hit of turbulence and on comes the fasten seatbelt light. You glance up at it. You reach for the table locks that you know you can get off quickly, and the third hit of clear air turbulence just busted your ribs with a tray table. Everyone else however, already had their tables at least going up, and were getting their belts back on if they didn’t already. You on the other hand are doubled over in pain, and are possibly going to become a liability. Not to mention, you just bent the tray table arms and now the connecting flight will be delayed while they fix that mess.
Then there’s the fourth hit of turbulence and… (you don’t want to know)