AMSAFE: Plane Upgrade


New plane safety requirements: Plane seats will be required to stay in place when subjected to stresses up to 16 times the force of gravity.

John and Jane Q Crash dummy will need to scoot over now, to let in some new blood.

And airbags are coming. In first class, anyway. Maybe those not in first class will just have to die.

Two new mandates are on order: sturdier seats and airbags.

Date of compliance is Oct. 27 for new airplanes certified prior to 1988. Older planes with an older seat style aren’t required to be compliant, under the assumption that age will naturally phase them out.

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