Air Canada Severe Turbulence - Chinese Hit the Roof

[mushez]

How dare the pilot pilot a plane into air that causes turbulence and just before tell everyone to buckle up and "Brace for Severe Turbulence". Surely he should know it is Chinese persons God given right to not wear seat belts and by doing so would cause untold injuries to those who elected to partake in their unwritten right in their unwritten Chinese travellers constitution.

Those pilots should be taught a severe lesson.

News Article Here

 

[Sprucegoose]

Agree! All were shocked there was turbulence. All those taken to hospital were obviously not wearing seatbelts.


Lesson learned.

 

[drross]

Not sure if 'anyone' will learn much from this.....unfortunately

 

[mushez]

Not sure if 'anyone' will learn much from this.....unfortunately

This has made me swear to pack two packets of popcorn next time I am on a flight from/to China - one open at all times and hope for turbulence - with second to kick back and eat while watching the carnage. That is learning something right, so makes one of us?

 

[Quickstatus]

How dare the pilot pilot a plane into air that causes turbulence and just before tell everyone to buckle up and "Brace for Severe Turbulence". Surely he should know it is Chinese persons God given right to not wear seat belts and by doing so would cause untold injuries to those who elected to partake in their unwritten right in their unwritten Chinese travellers constitution.

Those pilots should be taught a severe lesson.

News Article Here

Turbulence pic from another flight looks like SIA:
Its happened before, unfortunately for many people learning occurs after the fact.

 

[marki]

Hi Modes can this thread be moved to the Turbulence thread already running to keep it all together please
Thank you

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Agree! All were shocked there was turbulence. All those taken to hospital were obviously not wearing seatbelts.


Lesson learned.

It would be possible for passengers to sustain injury even wearing seat belts, unless they were three-point seat belts.

 

[Foreigner]

There is greater risk of cabin crew suffering injury unless they too are required to buckle up in anticipation of turbulence.

 

[jb747]

It would be possible for passengers to sustain injury even wearing seat belts, unless they were three-point seat belts.

Perhaps, but they aren't going to be flicked out of their seat to the roof, from which they fall to the obstacles below, not at 1g, but at anything up to 3g.

 

[Ansett]

The wearing of seatbelts should IMHO be compulsory at ALL times and only undone when a need arises to leave the seat and that should be kept to a minimum.

 

[tuapekastar]

I'm sure we have all had occasion to be unbuckled from time to time on long haul flights, be it going to the loo, retrieving/returning stuff from overhead lockers, putting on PJs, stretching to help avoid DVT etc. Not everyone injured during unanticipated turbulence is necessarily an ignoramus (though undoubtedly many are).

 

[jb747]

What's really amazing to me, is the number of passengers who simply ignore the seat belt sign....even to the extent of standing up during the take off roll.

 

[farstar]

Perhaps, but they aren't going to be flicked out of their seat to the roof, from which they fall to the obstacles below, not at 1g, but at anything up to 3g.

The obstacles may even be passengers who did the right thing and had their seat belt on. So people need to think about other people and not be selfish. You just need to put your seat belt on when seated, we do it in cars and don't give it a second though.

 

[dajop]

What's really amazing to me, is the number of passengers who simply ignore the seat belt sign....even to the extent of standing up during the take off roll.

Best effort I've seen at ignoring any sort of common sense was standing up the moment the rear wheels hit the tarmac on landing. Not even waiting for front wheel to come down. Needless to say there was a Great Wall between the passenger and a basic understanding of laws of motion.

 

[Sprucegoose]

Well put Dajop. I have a few of those Great Wall understanding gulf examples myself.

 

[Quickstatus]

Best effort I've seen at ignoring any sort of common sense was standing up the moment the rear wheels hit the tarmac on landing. Not even waiting for front wheel to come down. Needless to say there was a Great Wall between the passenger and a basic understanding of laws of motion.

Not a great wall, just a mononeurone occupying a spacious empty box

 

[PaulST]

Not having your seatbelt done up while sitting is pretty stupid but I do feel sorry for the FAs who, obviously, are going to spend most of the flight on their feet.

 

[astrosly]

What's really amazing to me, is the number of passengers who simply ignore the seat belt sign....even to the extent of standing up during the take off roll.

Unbelieveable. Basic and commonsense rule: if the plane is moving, sit down with buckle on. Is it because people don't realise how fast the plane is actually going that they do stupid things like that?

Sure when you are in the air and the seat belt sign is off you can get up to go to the loo, get something from the lockers, etc but always when I am in my seat I have the belt on (though not as tight as take off and landing). I do this especially because of post #5 which I understand was caused by clear air turbulence that is unexpected and undetectable. I always worry I might encounter this when using the loo

 

[PaulST]

I'm curious to know, are there more problems with pax not wearing seatbelts in the US? As we all know, they're often very concerned about their rights and don't believe that anyone can tell them what to do, so will they not wear seatbelts as a matter of principle? I believe that wearing a seatbelt in a moving car still isn't mandatory in every US state even though the evidence of reducing injury to the person, as well as other people, is well documented.

 

[MEL_Traveller]

Unbelieveable. Basic and commonsense rule: if the plane is moving, sit down with buckle on. Is it because people don't realise how fast the plane is actually going that they do stupid things like that?

I guess in part because some may not appreciate the risk. It's not like many of us have seen injury as a direct result of passengers standing in the aisle while the aircraft is moving. We know there is a risk, but few of us have seen it.