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Similarly, ensuring that seats are upright during take-off and landing also cuts the chances that your face will slam into the seat back in front of you during a bumpy landing. Its not just a consideration for the person behind you, either. If your seat is reclined, youre also at a greater risk of head injury, because your head would have further to travel before impact, generating more force, and risking a graver injury.
Additionally, if members of the flight crew realize that a crash is imminent, they would ask passengers to brace for impact, and according to Britains Civil Aviation Authority.
If you find yourself in an emergency situation on a plane, you wont want to take the extra minute to move your seat back up—let alone your childs—before bracing for impact.
Reclined seats simply make it far too difficult for passengers to evacuate a plane quickly and easily, which is why the FAA stepped in and turned the common sense request into law.
If theres anything you take away from this background, let it be this: when flight attendants ask you to move your seat up, smile and comply — theyre just looking out for you.
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