Thanx AKSAR, that's an interesting and informative article. I note it's undated, but it was no later than 2008, based upon the internal references. The advice concerning modifying the brace position of your feet and positioning your head against the foward seatback, avoiding the TV screen was new to me, but sounds worthwhile. I also noted that the writer did not suggest a seat top crawl to an exit to avoid a jammed aisle. I for one, always include the crawl in my plans. Finally, I disagree with his smoke hood comment. I keep an Xcaper mask and water tight swim goggles in my carry on . The Xcaper is rated for CO and smoke protection. I also have a good pocket flashliight and a ResQme in my pocket. No objection from TSA so far. Having lived through one assume crash poisitions aborted takeoff, at the fail safe point, in a full A-300, has made me very crash safety aware. That was one scary, surreal experience. But, I can attest that you can do a hockey stop with a loaded jumbo jet!