Originally Posted by
2016parks
There are plenty of military-issue quick release vests, including some which, I assume, can be clipped to a tether. Pull the cord/ring and they fall to pieces and fall right off you—no straps remaining around the legs or such. Specifically designed to save your life when you are laden with a hundred pounds or more of gear and fall into the water. So the technology is there. The question is, do you want untrained civilians rooting around in an open-doored aircraft, who can with one inadvertent pull or hook literally launch themselves into space? Not me. Strap 'em in tight and don't let them out of their seats.
That’s the whole point if you can’t trust them not to fall out the door with a quick release harness then they shouldn’t be on a harness in the first place. 5 dead people prove the point.