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Old 31st Oct 2017, 16:47
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teeteringhead

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Seat Belt Check

On a recent flight something occurred to me that hadn't before.

As usual, several times the cabin crew went around checking seat belts were fastened. If I don't fasten my car seat belt, all sorts of flashes, captions, bells and whistles happen.

So why not something similar on airline seats?

"Passenger in 17C, fasten your seatbelt!"

I suppose the answer is "cost", but considering the amount of electrickery on all seats (let alone "turning left" seats), I'd have thought a little bit more would have been easy........

But I'm only a (retired military) pilot, not an engineer.........
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