[camdat]

Next time you're on a flight, listen for the number of people who remove their seatbelts before the seatbelt light goes off, after a crew member specifically says not to do this

I haven't seen any of them fined 25k. Proportionality matters, and getting off the plane as fast as (in your mind) possible isn't going to be realistically enforced.

[radicality]

It really is absurd that people can’t even listen to such a simple rule. What is so hard about it. They really should be giving out these fines for misbehaviour.

This also reminds me of an article I once read in an in-flight magazine about this. It was saying how an airplane’s brakes work really really well, not only at 350km/h when landing, but also at 50km/h when taxiing to gate. It described an incident where during taxiing to gate after landing, somehow some animal managed to jump right in front of the plane forcing the pilot to apply max break, causing a passenger who was handling the overhead bin to die from the injuries.

Actually, just found a picture I took of the article, so here’s the original text. I always think of it when people stand up before the seatbelt sign is off.

> … But ignoring these rules can have serious conseances. For instance: Do you really remain seated until the plane comes to a complete standstill? German travel journalist Heige Timmerberg likes to tell the story of the dog that ran across the runway in Casablanca, forcing the pilot to slam on the brakes. Brakes that work well at 350 km/h, work well at 50, too - and one of the passengers who had just emptied the overhead bin "flew from row 26 to the lavatory behind the cockpit, and was dead." > "We don't joke about security," says Fabienne Regilt, member of the lufthansa team.

[Zetice]

Removing one’s seatbelt and leaving one’s aisle are completely different behaviors.