I have a few friends who are flight attendants and every time a plane goes down they are amazed that people go for their carry-on bags before evacuating the plane. Apparently there are rules about how fast they have to empty the plane and you grabbing your laptop or bag in the over head bin (really people!) Slow things done tremendously and could cost someone their life.
The last time a friend complained about this, I asked myself: What is normally in my carry-on bag that would tempt me to grab it? Things I may have an immediate need for (identification, credit card, phone) and my camera (or more specifically the SD card out of my camera).
None of these things are ever placed in the over head bin but wrestling my bag from under my seat may take precious time that I don't have, in event of of crash. So naturally the next question I asked myself was: How can I pack differently so these things are on my person and there is no need to go for a bag? I'm one of those lucky people who always needs a jacket. My roommates believe it's because my natural body temperature is lower then average but that's beside the point. Even on airplanes I have to have a light jacket, I've only been on one flight where I swear the air did not work because even I was sweltering hot. Everything that would tempt me to grab my carry-on, now gets packed in the zippered pockets of my jacket I wear on the plane, so I am always ready in event of an emergency.
What are the things that would tempt you to go for your bag? How can you pack differently so that you won't need to grab a bag to have them? Share your suggestions in the comments.
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