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		spacedcowboy on May 21, 2024 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: One dead as London-Singapore flight hit by turbule... I think maybe you come from an alternate universe. It’s been standard procedure for at least 3 decades to wear your seatbelt, even if loosely, all the time you’re on a plane, apart from when going to the loo or otherwise moving around. I mean, I don’t really know how to say it without sounding like a git. This is simply what you do. What “everyone” does, for a loose definition of everyone. The “everyone” that wears seatbelts in a car, for example. Genuine question: you know you should wear seatbelts if traveling in the rear seats of a car as well, yes ?

andybak on May 21, 2024 [–]

As mentioned elsewhere I have generally worn a seatbelt on planes for several years. And I think other people should.

And I religiously wear one in a car - just like any sane person.

I'm really sorry not to be the strawman that people in this thread seem to be craving.

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