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Ok I guess this isnt a "your the captain" scenario... but I think it fits in this forum.
You are a hopeful F.O on an interview with an airline you have been looking into. Everything is going smoothly and they ask you a hypothetical.
You are cleared for take-off and rolling down the runway.. It's not the nicest of days, you've got RVR1600 and Adequate Vis. References. You are below 80knots, and are the PF (pilot flying). You notice you have not buckled your lap-belt/shoulder harness. He are now in violation of the regulations. Do you abort the takeoff, buckle your seatbelts and give it another shot, or do you continue the take-off aware that you are breaking the regs?
It should have been done in the before start checklist, putting your seatbelt/shoulder harness on.
But if it is off, you would continue the takeoff and have a good chuckle over it later on. An abort could have more serious outcomes than having your seatbelt off.
Side note... none of our checklists mention seatbelts.
You've got to look at the bigger picture in a thing like this. If you abort, even at low speeds, you are putting all your passengers and the rest of the crew at risk. If you continue, worst case scenario, you are endangering just yourself.
You are below 80knots, and are the PF (pilot flying). You notice you have not buckled your lap-belt/shoulder harness. He are now in violation of the regulations. Do you abort the takeoff, buckle your seatbelts and give it another shot, or do you continue the take-off aware that you are breaking the regs?
I'd wait until v1, then abort the takeoff
I'd steer the plane off in to the grass
Then I'd pull all the fire handle and blow the bottles
Then I'd order the FAs to blow all the slides
Then I'd hack apart the cockpit voice recorder with the crash axe
Then I'd takeoff all my clothes, go streaking through the cabin, jump out the aft slide and yell: "SO LONG, SUCKERS!"
Would this be what you would want to say to the people conducting the interview if asked this question though?
Continue takeoff and ASAP it.
Way more dangerous to abort a takeoff than it is to takeoff without your seatbelt. If I was the PF I'd probably say something so the captain would be ready to see me bounce off the ceiling and take the controls if something crazy happened. "Heads up captain, I don't have a seatbelt on, be ready if something crazy happens". It takes a while to accelerate to V1 from under 80kts, so you've got time to warn him.
Continue the take off and fill out an asap later as previously mentioned. No sense in endagering every one for something that isn't going to affect the safety of the flight.
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I seem to remember Eagle's checklists calling for seatbelts/shoulder harnesses fastened.
If you do end up on takeoff roll without your shoulder harnesses fastened, you continue the takeoff, and buckle up asap.
My instructor and I were practicing maneuvers one day, and my shoulder strap had come undone. In the middle of a turn-about-a-point he says "hey, you're missing your shoulder belt". I look, say "oh yeah, I am", and proceed to re-buckle the shoulder harness while continuing the maneuver. He shakes his head and says "well, if you can handle a distraction like that, and continue and complete the maneuver perfectly, we don't need to practice that one anymore".
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Former American Airlines F/A (12 months)
Former Simmons/Eagle F/A (6 years)
Former Eagle ground school instructor (1 year)
Former Eagle IOE instructor (3 years)
The plane will fly just fine with the seatbelt unbuckled! Besides, when you start aborting transport category aircraft, bad things happen. Hell, 80 knots and a door light we're going flying. Might dump some luggage over Far Rockaway, but no use blowing a tire over a potentially bad annunciator.
Seat belts!! Int. Quest. 
Besides, when you start aborting transport category aircraft, bad things happen. Hell, 80 knots and a door light we're going flying. Might dump some luggage over Far Rockaway, but no use blowing a tire over a potentially bad annunciator.
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