Originally Posted by
Dave's brother
* And so - in a highly-stressed, totally unfamiliar situation - one which they have only seen in movies - their brain reacts weirdly. It tries to make sense of what's going on. It tries to re-establish some normality. "The plane has stopped, I must get my hand luggage."
I suspect this is why locking of overhead lockers, as has been suggested, may be counter productive. You will now find aisles blocked by confused, panicking people wondering why they cannot open the overheads and looking/waiting for someone to unlock them and wasting time deciding whether to wait for the "unlock" or to leave without their . All to the possible detriment of others ...