Continental Airline Tickets

Regulations requiring seat belt demonstration?

Has there been any consideration to allow the airlines to just tell people to ask the stewardess if they need help with their seat belt? I would assume that just about eveyone who travels in an airplane has learned to use a seat belt. Why should we still start every flight with a seat belt demonstration?

Public Comments

1. It's required by the FAA. There are more first time fliers and unexperienced fliers out there than you think. Yes a seatbelt is pretty easy to figure out, but the FAA requires all saftey procedures be covered before the flight is airborne. For those of us that fly weekly or several times a day, its annoying. Imagine being the person who has to go over this 10 times a day, they are really the one's who get tired of it. Im a former gate agent, I got tired of making the same announcements flight after flight about carry on baggage limits...and people STILL dont listen. Its more CYA than anything. But again...if you fly often you've heard it, it starts with "Please pay attention while we review the saftey guidelines and emergency procedures, as it is required by the FAA"
2. While a far cry from the official reason, I would bet it's closer to truth than fiction. We (U.S.) live in a 'sue happy' country, where a lot of people don't want to responsibility for their own actions or lack of same. "WARNING: This bag is not a toy" "WARNING: Coffee is hot" The list is endless. If the FAA and airlines assumed you were smart enough to know how to buckle a seatbelt, and read the emergency card in the back of the seat.... Some south end of a north bound horse would not buckle his belt when the light came on, bang his head on something (during turbulence) and sue everyone in sight. On the other hand with all of that done, people still don't follow directions.
3. it is required by FAA, to teach everyone the safely. also it give the plane time to move out on the runway. and you mind for a smooth fight.