Airline safety tips

10 useful airline safety tips

Larger aircraft provide better opportunity for passenger survival

Based on the latest study on airline, aircraft with more than 30 passenger seats need to be designed and certified under certain international airline regulations. Also, incase of a serious airline accident, larger aircraft would provide a higher opportunity to save the passengers.

Preflight briefing is very important

Although these airline information seems to be repetitious and boring, they might provide you the latest information or the locations of the closest emergency exits that may be different due to some circumstances depending on the aircraft that you take and the seat that you are in.

Overhead storage bin must kept as less items as possible

Overhead storage bins is not suggested to be fully filled and not adviseable to hold a very heavy objects during turbulence, so if you or another passenger have trouble lifting something into the bin (means it is heavy), then is better to store it in other place.

Seat Belt must be fastened while you are seated

Always use the safety seat belt, it would provide extra protection and would prevent you to falls away from your seat if the aircraft hit the turbulence.

Flight attendants are specialist in the aircraft, so listen to them!

The primary objective that the flight attendants are on an the aircraft is mainly for safety, so if they ask you to do something like fasten your seat belts, always do it first before you ask them a question.

Hazardous Material shouldn’t be on the aircraft!

There are always a long list of hazardous materials that are not allowed to be brought into the aircraft, but if you are a human being, you should know in the means of common sense that you shouldn’t bring gasoline, corrosives, poisonous gases, and other similir items onto the aircraft unless they are allowed or permitted by the airline and shipped in a proper container. Always ask the person in charge if you are not sure whether is the material that you bring is hazardous, dont always assume.

Let the flight attendant to serve you

Flight attendants in the airline are professionally trained to handle several tasks like handle hot drinks in a crowded aisle on a moving aircraft, so allow them to serve you, we pay for it and we deserve it!

Don’t take alcohol before you fly

The atmosphere in an airliner cabin is pressurized to about the same altitude as Denver, so any alcohol you consume will affect you more strongly than at sea level. Moderation is a good policy at any altitude.

Keep your wits about you

It is unlikely that you will involved in an airline emergency situation on the sircraft such as a precautionary emergency evacuation, if it happens, follow the directions from the flight attendants and flight crews and exit the aircraft as fast as you can.