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human
[Star Trek] Given the frequency with which members of the the bridge crew are jostled in their seats or out outrigh thrown from them, why doesn't everyone have a seat belt or some kind of restraining harness?

One answer is going to be that if the inertial dampeners fail it does not matter because everyone is going to die, this is not the answer the question.  There are numerous situations where we see people in the bridge shaking so badly that they can't control their stations or are out right violently thrown through the air.


1.  Why isn't everyone seated?  The conscious design decision to have almost everyone standing is certainly more dramatic and visually appealing to focus the eye on the captain, first officer and the helmsman, but it seems less efficient and less safe.  There are a handful of people who are sitting, but a majority of the bridge crew is standing.

2.  Why isn't everyone given harness or seatbelt of some kind for those instances when such will be useful?
gpt
I don't think everyone has seatbelts on large navy ships, but they still probably get jostled around when they're torpedoed.


They're not seated all the time because it's a big ship and they need to walk around to do their jobs. We see a lot of combat situations, but in universe they're relatively rare. No one would watch a whole season of Star Trek: Business as usual. We see the exciting bits.