Originally Posted by 80ktsClamp

You've got to be kidding me.. people think not using that is a sign of being cool? Unfreakingbelievable.

I'll remove the shoulder straps once we're up and away and usually the "5th" about then. It all comes back on descending through 10,000. That 5th strap is there for a reason. I remember in the Kalitta forced landing down in Bogota, the only guy that got really injured was the FO who didn't use the 5th strap and slid out just like the Comair FO.