Why don't the seats on planes face the opposite direction?

-Surely it would be safer................!?The Hawker Siddeley HS 121 Trident had a few rows of rear-facing seats -

Some people avoided these seats - I did not mind -

Some baby seats are also turned towards the back in cars -

Yes, can be safer for some frontal accidents... but...???Many airplanes have rear facing seats. In most airliners, the flight attendants face backwards during take-off and landings. The exit rows on Southwest Airlines 737s have three seats facing three seats. Many business jets have rear facing seats so passengers face each other and can use the same fold-out table to work on.



The US Navy flies a cargo aircraft called the C-2 Greyhound and all of it's passenger seats face to the rear.



It is not safer. And don't call me "Shirley".
In most really severe aircraft crashes the G forces exceed the structural strength of the seats and or their attach points, so the slight increase in safety is negligible. In past years several airlines have experimented with seats that faced each other and faced rear ward in some rows. The configurations never caught on.
Why should it be safer? The forces you encounter while an aircraft crashes are that strong, that it doesn't matter how you are located in your seat.



By the way: Some airlines do place some seats facing "backwards", for example British Airways in their Business Class.
It is indeed (slightly) safer, but passengers would feel less comfortable facing backwards, especially during takeoff and the initial climb to altitude.
But it's psychologically more comfortable that you're facing where you're going

Don't forget that planes are also slightly pitched up during the flight, So sitting backwards feels a bit harder...
On takeoff, it would be very uncomfortable.

It is safer. (I think.)
No. Reclining seat support breaks and you will be falling and sliding backwards with no harness(seat belt).
Because you know where you have come from and really want to see where you are going..simples !
what a stupid question, why would it be safer?