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Re:US Airlines Push to Strip Away Travelers' Rights by Rolli... by debatem1 on Wednesday September 24, 2025 @12:24PM (#45362581)
Isn't this basically just putting the kid in a tumble drier whenever you hit turbulence? Did they pad the roof and door as well?
Re:US Airlines Push to Strip Away Travelers' Rights by Rolli... by axiolite on Wednesday September 24, 2025 @01:55PM (#45363767)
The turbulence is no worse being up high in the plane vs being down in a seat. In the 1950s, NONE of the passengers would have been using seatbelts...

“When an airplane crashes, the safety belt…may become a deadly hazard.”

- Scientific American Dec 1951 “The Dangerous Safety Belt”

"Aviation requirements for basic safety features, including passenger safety belts, were codified in 1972"

- https://www.smithsonianmag.com/air-space-magazine/how-airlin...

Re:US Airlines Push to Strip Away Travelers' Rights by Rolli... by margalabargala on Wednesday September 24, 2025 @01:05PM (#45363133)
Concussions hadn't been invented yet, that's why no one wore a helmet back then