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“If it is not safe to get up from your seat during large portions of a flight,”

Air turbulence would be a big reason.”

True! Any time you move about an in-flight aircraft there is a reason to make your movement as short as possible. It’s not like standing in the vestibule of a train. CAT can show up any time and the plane can take a whole lot more of it than can it’s “contents.” Smart air travelers are aways buckled up except to visit the head.

“Smart air travelers are aways buckled up except to visit the head.”

OH, if one is not smart, they don’t stay buckled up? I have been through moderate turbulence too i.e. on one flight a flight attendant had to be deplaned after an emergency stop due to her falling during a rough ride. So, I remain buckled up. Meanwhile, how does one go to “the head” if they are always bucked up? Today you cannot even line up at the head in the front of the plane.

There has been a noticeable uptick in the time we are fastened to our seats these days then say 20 years ago. I can recall the flying bar that continental had back in the 70s for instance and the 747s had for first class as far back as the 60s. No turbulence then? BTW, long flights without any leg movement has been shown to cause blood clots, should they warn of that too.

My point was: if it is so safe, why cannot we get up? Simple reason, the planes are so stuffed and with narrow pathways today, it is virtually impossible to get about. Perhaps if they listed all of the potential problems during commercials as they must do for pharmacuetical products, less would fly?
After all, there is a risk, no matter how minute of a plane crash, turbulence, a hijack attempt, blood clots, dehydration, exposure to x rays, over booking and the like, no??