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[sophiamarie]

On 4/19/2014 blackbirdraven said:

the lady was a grown woman.......she knew the risk she took and she knew what could happen if they hit turbulence.........so it was on her..........I would have been right with your boss but for different reasons..................................raven

Exactly!!!!

[sunshine45]

a young child yes......an adult?.....no i would not have said anything.

[wildcat fan]

On 4/19/2014 Snowpuppy said:

Flights that I've been on and a seatbelt isn't fastened the overhead light stayed on to alert the flight attendant.

This is exactly what I was thinking. I'm surprised the attendant didn't notice.

To answer the OP, I don't think I would have said anything to an adult. If we suddenly hit some turbulence, I probably would have asked the woman if she needs help with her seatbelt. I can recall my first flight. Even though the attendant demonstrated how to fasten the seatbelt, I still needed help with it.

[Deb1010again]

On 4/19/2014 wildcat fan said:

On 4/19/2014 Snowpuppy said:

Flights that I've been on and a seatbelt isn't fastened the overhead light stayed on to alert the flight attendant.

This is exactly what I was thinking. I'm surprised the attendant didn't notice.

To answer the OP, I don't think I would have said anything to an adult. If we suddenly hit some turbulence, I probably would have asked the woman if she needs help with her seatbelt. I can recall my first flight. Even though the attendant demonstrated how to fasten the seatbelt, I still needed help with it.

There are NO individual seatbelt notification lights. The flight attendant can only tell if the seatbelts are fastened via a visual check. The pilots control the overhead lights and it flashes for the entire plane.

[evelomaddict]

i would have told the flight attendant that the passenger next to me was having trouble with their seatbelt.

i certainty would NOT have said 'the passenger next to me needs a seatbelt extender.' that would be embarrassing for them and rude of me.

[voyager1980]

On 4/19/2014 evelomaddict said:

i would have told the flight attendant that the passenger next to me was having trouble with their seatbelt.

i certainty would NOT have said 'the passenger next to me needs a seatbelt extender.' that would be embarrassing for them and rude of me.

I was thinking I'd hope I'd do the same thing as you said.Seatbelts are for safety of the one wearing it & everybody else too if you think about it

[sunala]

She could have had arthritis in her hands and was unable to fasten the seat belt. Knowing me, I probably would have asked if I could help her.

I'm not sure if that's right or wrong, but it's me.

[AngelPuppy1]

That's a really touchy situation! I'm not sure what I would have done, to tell you the truth. I would like for everyone to be as safe as possible, but I would never want to call undue attention to someone and embarrass them. It's true that she was an adult and should have said to the attendant that she needed an extension. I would not have alerted the attendant myself. I think first though I would say to the woman, do you need help with your belt because the first time I flew, I felt really silly because I could no get mine fastened! Then, perhaps, the line of communication would be open and she could see that you were trying to help and she could feel free to say - Yes, I need help - or -- it's not long enough to close. Then, you could proceed to tell her --- ask the attendant to come over and she will fix it for you.

[MaggieToo]

I'm sorry. My comment was unkind. I apologize.

[FrostyBabe]

Yes, I would have said something. If there were an incident of some sort and she wasn't buckled in, she could have injured herself and others.