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Originally Posted by caleb72
I think someone has proposed in previous discussions that the whole exercise is more about exerting control and that does make some sense to me. All those little regulations that don't seem to make sense at the time could be more about submitting to the authority of those responsible for administering the flight rather than an acknowledgement of the safety implications of each individual item.
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The exerting control hypothesis is highly unlikely. All of those regulations that don't make sense to you probably make sense to the people who are trying to enforce the regulations.
Keep in mind that those people will see things that you don't because they bear a much greater responsibility, so they are much more observant of the consequences. Chances are that they've also been through many more situations where people have complied with the rules and where people have broken the rules, so they know the potential outcomes in both cases.
Now I know a lot of people think that they know better, on the simple merit that they don't like the rules. Heck, I've been in that position on particularly bad days. The thing is, I've also been in situations where I've been responsible for the welfare of other people and I've seen how those "arbitrary" rules have a positive impact.