In-flight Safety Demo
Posted by Airline Pilot Eric at 10/5/2010 6:16 PM 
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Tags: fear of flying airline travel airline crashes Safety
Categories: uncategorized
Tags: fear of flying airline travel airline crashes Safety
Most people know that flight attendants are required to give a safety demo & briefing to passengers prior to departing. However, these days it seems like no one is listening. Some airlines are starting to come out with some fun new ways to give their briefing to capture passengers attention. One such airline is Virgin America that has a fun briefing. Even Delta Airlines improve their briefing to make it more attention grabbing. It doesn't matter how many times you fly it's always a good idea to listen to the briefing because it will mentally prepare you doing an actual emergency & help prevent panic. As a pilot, I mentally prepare myself for an engine failure on every takeoff by conducting a 60 second review of the procedures prior to takeoff. Although the flight safety demo is required by the FAA, you will be surprise on how many people forget to put on their seat belt. The link below shows how fun some airlines can make their demos.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-fclBwbQq0&feature=player_embedded
I actually watch the demonstrations on airplanes EVERY time and I read the safety card. Life vests are not all the same. Sometimes the waist-fastening system is diff. I've seen two diff. versions.
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However, these days it seems like no one is listening. Some airlines are starting to come out with some fun new ways to give their briefing to capture passengers attention. One such airline is Virgin America that has a fun briefing. Even Delta Airlines improve their briefing to make it more attention grabbing.
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Southwest Airlines has a FA who does the announcement in a RAP version which is pretty good.
I personally pay attention to EVERY announcement, particularly life vests as they can be different), and I always take a quick look at the Safety card in the seat-back pocket, I note where my nearest exit is, and usually count the rows.
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