Originally Posted by
PAX_Britannica
[Warning: may contain irony/sarcasm: Unsuitable for US audiences]
Lock the flight deck crew in the flight deck.
The key is removed from the plane before leaving the gate.
The flight deck is unlocked after landing after all passengers are accounted for.
The axe is removed from the flight deck.
Escape ropes/ladders are removed, and escape hatches welded shut.
That way, the magenta line followers at the pointy end have more incentive not to crash.
For good measure, all crew property not immediately essential to flight will be carried in checked baggage.
Pax Brit., I understand that you're sceptical. My suggestion is a serious one: what is needed is a change to human behavior, which is never easy. If pax accurately weighed up the choice of death or losing their belongings, everyone would make the right choice. But pausing for 5-10 seconds (say) to grab that bag is incorrectly viewed as being a no-cost action. I think the right 30-sec movie, in the safety briefing, might convince most people of the folly of grabbing carry-on. Obviously it's impossible to convince everyone, but that's not the objective.