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April 01, 2025

Could you survive an aircraft emergency? This is why you put the tray table up.


Straighten up and fly right

ALL the rules and procedures about flying on planes can make the journey a real drag. Buckle this, stow that, turn that off. Are all these regulations just to intimidate passengers and make aircrew feel important?

Paul (not his real name) flew as cabin crew with a major Australian carrier for more than a decade. I asked him about some of the rigmarole that most of us ignore.

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