if there is a problem, everyone is going to panic and 'annoucements' will do SHIT-all to help us, those panicy screaming passengers.
Only the idiot panicy screaming passenger. How many of them would open the rear door after the plane had ditched in an attempt to get out?
give your parents a smack sometime (unless they are no longer around.. then maybe just give yourself a smack so as not to be an asshat!) and ask them why they decided to raise you to be afraid of everyone else.
FTFY.
I have no problems defending myself on land, air, or sea. I would rather take the risk of being blown up by a bomb while living in a free country then having no risks whatsoever while living in
the idea of getting into a flying metal bullet and being propelled through the air at hundreds of kilometers per hour with a hundred+ other people
I find it amusing that a hundred years ago, the overwhelming majority of people would have agreed THIS was the "bad idea."
1 + 1 = 3, for large values of 1.