aeroplane seating

geuben · 5 Jun 2007 at 12:03

I'm reading over my notes for an exam this afternoon, in this section on Risk Assessment it says

If the airline industry made truly rational decisions on safety, all passengers would face the back of the plane: as they do in military aircraft.

I wasn't aware they faced backwards in military aircraft (never really thought about it), why is it safer?

Btw this question isn't important to my exam, just wondering.

Rotty · 5 Jun 2007 at 12:04

probably as you will be pushed into the back of your seat in a minor accident

much better than being thrown forward and hitting something

daven1986 · 5 Jun 2007 at 12:05

EDIT: apparently not lol, it was a while back i watched the episode

http://kwc.org/mythbusters/2005/06/mythbusters_killer_brace_posit.html

Zefan · 5 Jun 2007 at 12:05

Rotty's right.

geuben · 5 Jun 2007 at 12:06

Do you mean if the plane decelerates quickly? I guess that would be one reason.

Edit : Ignore first bit, you edited your post

manoz · 5 Jun 2007 at 12:11

Bit OT but don't some people have a phobia of travelling backwards or something!!

Ripper · 5 Jun 2007 at 12:13

person flying into the back of a seat, or seat flying into the front of a person, whats worse? YOU DECIDE!

geuben · 5 Jun 2007 at 12:13

manoz said:
Bit OT but don't some people have a phobia of travelling backwards or something!!

I don't know if its a real phobia or not, but i've seen people really not want to sit facing backwards on trams in Blackpool (some have reversible seats).

calnen · 5 Jun 2007 at 12:13

manoz said:
Bit OT but don't some people have a phobia of travelling backwards or something!!

Some people have phobias of travelling on planes at all, but I dont think they take them into account much

geuben · 5 Jun 2007 at 12:14

Ripper said:
person flying into the back of a seat, or seat flying into the front of a person, whats worse? YOU DECIDE!

If the seats are flying around you have a pretty serious problem anyway.

Rotty · 5 Jun 2007 at 12:14

Ripper said:
person flying into the back of a seat, or seat flying into the front of a person, whats worse? YOU DECIDE!

the seat back has mechanisms to prevent this though and if they were rear facing this could be improved

tom_nieto · 5 Jun 2007 at 13:41

I prefer to face forwards when travelling on any form of transport. I will sit backwards on a train if I have to, but forwards is better.