Originally Posted by cybirr

New to commercial aviation (but retired from the USAF). Both Emirates and now this AA have passengers grabbing personal gear from overheads and otherwise being stupid. I asked my FA what they are told to do if a pax is doing idiot things like this during an emergency. I was surprised that they were basically limited to verbal chastisement. And I don't recall much instruction on this in my own recent company ground school.

Contrast that to the few evacs I've done over my military career; mil crews and pax get it straight in their heads, get out!

I'm curious if there is anything more than verbal chastisement being discussed. Totally noobie speculation, but maybe having an emergency lock on overheads during critical phases of flight might be a thing.

idk... just glad no one was seriously injured or killed.