And why do flight attendants enfore this like it’s life or death?
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Seats upright is to make it safer for the passengers to evacuate and lessen the chance of passengers hitting the seat in front of them during a crash. Most crashes happen during take off and landing, which is why it’s only enforced then. Same with why tray tables must be stowed.
The other rule that is enforced during take off and landing is that blinds are supposed to opened. This is so that, in case of a crash, passengers can look out the windows to see if it’s safe to escape in that direction. Similarly, rescuers can look in to see the state of the interior of the plane.
They also open the curtains between the different flight classes for the same reasons: So passengers/rescuers can clearly see what’s happening elsewhere in the plane in case of an emergency.
>And why do flight attendants enforce this like it’s life or death?
The primary goal of a flight attendant is safety. All other things are secondary. That’s why the law gives flight attendants so much power and why you can be arrested for disobeying a flight attendant. They are basically safety officers while the flight is in the air (because there’s no one else who enforce the rules while you are mid-air.) For them, their number 1 job is to ensure your safety, so they are trained their jobs are life or death.
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