Comments on: FAA needs to clarify its seatback safety policies so we can get on with our lives

By: Consumer Travel Alliance — changing seat pocket regulations

Consumer Travel Alliance — changing seat pocket regulations — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 11:31:39 +0000

[...] wrote about this problem and found the actual paragraph in the regulation that mandated “nothing can be stowed in the [...]

By: Consumer Travel Alliance » Consumer Travel Alliance — changing seat pocket regulations

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 14:34:15 +0000

[...] wrote about this problem and found the actual paragraph in the regulation that mandated “nothing can be stowed in the [...]

By: Consumer Travel Alliance » At last, government clarifies airline seat pocket rules

Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:43:23 +0000

[...] aisles having passengers remove paperback books, baby bottles, blankets, etc. prior to landing. The Consumer Travel Alliance wrote to the FAA asking it to revisit this policy that had not been changed since 1998. I would like to request [...]

By: At last, government clarifies airline seat pocket rules

At last, government clarifies airline seat pocket rules — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 14:16:24 +0000

By: Tim

Tim — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 16:47:35 +0000

I am thinking that not putting anything in the seat pocket is akin to not having your bag sitting under your legs/feet but tucked under the seat in front of you: In an emergency where you have to leave the plane immediately, do you really want someone’s stuff blocking your way? With the seat pitch set to tortuously small numbers, anything that would cause the seat pocket to sag in the little space available will make it harder for someone to get from the window seat to the aisle in a hurry.

By: Frank

Frank — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 20:39:34 +0000

Marilyn Long September 2, 2009 at 3:52 pm
Frank, how is an “experienced Traveler” supposed to automatically know that the seatback ruling is from the FAA and not the airline if in years of flying on many different airlines the traveler has never been told about it?
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The FAA creates industry standard “SAFETY” policies. A individual airline may create their own policies, but they are APPROVED BY THE FAA.

By: Marilyn Long

Marilyn Long — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:52:57 +0000

Frank, how is an “experienced Traveler” supposed to automatically know that the seatback ruling is from the FAA and not the airline if in years of flying on many different airlines the traveler has never been told about it? It hasn’t been announced before and it isn’t printed in the seatback safety information.

By: Yadayadayada

Yadayadayada — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 19:43:21 +0000

I think they mean that all of things of this nature are to be placed in the carry-on that you place beneath the seat.
Plus it says “on take-off and landings”…it says nothing about during the rest of the flight which means you could get all “necessary” items after take-off and then replace them just prior to landing.

By: Carrie Charney

Carrie Charney — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 19:34:46 +0000

My seat neighbor on the aisle will love it when I keep getting up to get my book, put away my book, get my lunch, get my ear phones, put away my ear phones, etc., etc., etc.

By: SpotLightofTruth

SpotLightofTruth — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:23:44 +0000

If proper storage of carried on items is such a big safety issue, somebody please explain how it is OK for an airline passenger in a seat to hold a 10 to 30 lb. lap child. In an emergency, there is virtually no way an average adult can control and restrain a small child that is not properly seat belted and sitting in a seat.