Airplanes & Staying Seated

I am a flight attendant by profession. I've been one for 19 years now. Today I was reading about a flight that experienced clear air turbulence and dropped 6000ft. Twelve people were injured as a result. I always find it interesting how the minute we take off people unbuckle their seat belts. I guess they feel once they are in the air they are now safe from danger. I also find it interesting that people wander about the airplane and many passengers also let their young children walk up and down the aisle. Passengers seem to be everywhere but their assigned seats.

My job is to be up doing service and cabin checks. I am standing or walking around the airplane the majority of  the flight. I have no choice but to be up as I have job duties to attend to. We warn people in our announcements that they should remain seated and to keep their seat belts on. Personally if I had a choice I'd be sitting with my seat belt on the entire flight and I do when I am a passenger. Needless to say when these turbulence incidents occur it is usually the flight crew that is more likely to be seriously injured.

This plane dropped 6000ft. This is the equivalent of a one mile drop straight down in the sky. Yes this would be pretty scary but even scarier if you're not buckled in and you hit the ceiling because you're not belted in or you fall and hit your head because you are in the aisle when it happens. We don't remind you about your seat belt to me mean or to keep you out of our hair. We remind you because of incidents like this that do happen and do cause injuries.

I also suggest you pay for a seat for you under two child and put them in a car seat again for this very reason. Last thing you want is your child be a projectile on an airplane. I"m just saying... but I also digress.

                                                        Buckle up, stay seated and be safe!