“because the evidence shows passengers have no idea how to behave properly in such a crisis.”
No they don’t. They’ll be scared little children. He attended a flight attendant seminar (mandatory) and the Singapore Airline chief attendant who was retired told the room that passengers who survive a crash will listen to the strongest individual in the group. Usually it;s one of the pilots because passengers dont really have any respect for flight attendants whose duties is to get them coffee and sell them magazines, i kid you not.
That’s because Singapore Airlines hires subservient 90 lb girls with great legs who don’t know what an “outdoor voice” is. That’s their only requirement. Ask the passengers who survived Sioux City if they were listening to their flight attendants.