Originally Posted by
cooperplace
If pax accurately weighed up the choice of death or losing their belongings, everyone would make the right choice.
Can you give some evidence for this please?
The current empirical evidence from a whole bunch of crashes now on video (which may be pure good luck, obviously), is that taking the hand luggage doesn't kill anyone and means you have got your luggage. Many of those that have left theirs have had them burned or stuff pinched.
From that, it would suggest that any passengers
accurately weighing up the choice on the basis of
current evidence would take the bag.