My… My… Qantas – i was quite shocked to read in the Today Paper in Singapore how Qantas turned the tables on its passengers – its customers and blamed them for their own injuries as the Perth bound Qantas flight dropped suddenly – due to as yet no one knows why.
The Captain of the plane heralds that they should have had their seat belt on –
It is NOT compulsary to wear a seat belt, so why, in a time of distress, does Qantas choose to blame their passengers.
Is it because Qantas is having so many safety issues and the injuries add another headache to their current global position in the airline industry. I think in this case there should have been NO finger pointing at passengers or that there is a lack of laws compelling people to belt up – rather it should have been compassion and sympathy for what seems to be an unusual and uncontrollable incident.
Qantas – i thought Australian’s had a heart.
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October 15, 2008 at 7:07 pm
Well, they’re not saying that in Australia.
Anyway Qantas have always emphasized during the pre-flight passenger briefings for at least 10 years now, that seat belts should be worn whenever seated or sleeping, to avoid being thrown around the cabin during turbulence. They state it is company policy, and it arose from an incident in the 90’s where there were injuries during air turbulence.
I always wear it if I’m in the seat.