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Bro I put it on immediately when I sit down, always. Not that it would help much in a crash. ๐
It just feels better. It's muscle memory because I do the same when driving. Sit down; belt on.
Forget a crash, it saves you from hitting your head on the ceiling when the plane encounters turbulence and suddenly drops 10 meters and everything not held down goes flying inside.
33 ish feet in freedom units
How many bananas?
A bunch
That's a lot. Right?
A bunch
57 bananas long
And climate change is making turbulences worse
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/climate-change-is-making-airplane-turbulence-more-common-and-severe-scientists-say-180984440/
Yeah that! I want protection from that, please!