How can airliners sell seats they know are unsafe in a crash?

Question

I am 5'10 inches tall, and with the seat backs in an upright position, I can only bend over about 45 degrees before my head hits the seat in front of me. No way can an average person sit the way the safety cards show.The average size person cannot assume the safest position required by the airlines. Is there a reasonable death rate rule airlines are allowed as far as safety concerns go? Is there a standard that the airlines are required to provide to passengers that give them so many inches of headroom to the seat in front of them during a crash?

Answer 1

None of the seats in an airliner are particularly safe or unsafe.

Answer 2

If you crash in a plane the biggest safety hazard is probably not going to be your seat....which will probably be ripped right out of the floor by the impact. It will be the thousands of gallons of jet fuel and the big aluminum can your crashing in crushing around you like Godzilla took a running leap and landed on it.....

Answer 3

The safest way to sit in a crash is backwards. But nobody will do that. Look in a military transport there all backwards. But considering military pilots have very little flight time normally. I would want to sit backward too!

Answer 4

The airliners buy seats that are unsafe, because the perfectly safe seats are way too expensive. Plus if there is a plane crash, and no one survives, it's cheaper to pay off lawsuits of unlawful death, than paying off really expensive hospital bills for a 100 or so people that are in critical condition. I hope this helped, it may be a little confusing to read.

Answer 5

The cards always show two crash positions - one completely bend over with your head in your lap...

the other leaning forward with your head on the seat in front of you, braced with your arms.

Check out the bottom right image of the guy...

Answer 6

Honestly does it matter if you crash in a plane your dead it doesnt matter how far apart every seat is. You crash you die game over