Pre-departure music...what gives?
Apr 16, 2014, 5:01 pm
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Pre-departure music...what gives?
Not sure when they instituted it, but is there a reason DL feels the need to blast sh*t music for the half hour leading up to take off?
The music choice is nauseating (personal/subjective, I know).
Taste aside, it's entirely too loud.
What I want in a business cabin: ambiance. DL's music kills that ambiance and gives me a migraine in the process.
I just find the whole thing reminiscent of a department store trying to get me in the mood to buy something (or make me want to leave).
Does anyone actually think the pre-departure music is a good thing?
The music choice is nauseating (personal/subjective, I know).
Taste aside, it's entirely too loud.
What I want in a business cabin: ambiance. DL's music kills that ambiance and gives me a migraine in the process.
I just find the whole thing reminiscent of a department store trying to get me in the mood to buy something (or make me want to leave).
Does anyone actually think the pre-departure music is a good thing?
Apr 16, 2014, 5:31 pm
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I find the volume varies flight to flight. sometimes it is pretty soft and I kind of like it as light background noise/music. Other times it is blaring and very annoying. Feel the same way about FA announcements, sometimes they are blaring so loud I have to plug my ears, other times I can not hear them.
Apr 16, 2014, 6:48 pm
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I seldom hear any music on my DL flights. As for music and babbling people on cell phones last minute.... Amen to Bose QC15 and QC20!!! So long to hearing people and music.
Apr 16, 2014, 7:52 pm
#8
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I loathe it. My reactions range from mild irritation to homicidal rage based on the content and sound level, but outwardly I manage to smile and ask the FAs to turn down the volume, which they invariably will do.
Apr 16, 2014, 9:01 pm
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I find the volume varies flight to flight. sometimes it is pretty soft and I kind of like it as light background noise/music. Other times it is blaring and very annoying. Feel the same way about FA announcements, sometimes they are blaring so loud I have to plug my ears, other times I can not hear them.
Apr 17, 2014, 6:40 am
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I could do without it on early morning flights, I really have no desire to hear jivy music while boarding a flight at 6:30am on a Monday morning.
I really could do without all of those #$!@$!@$ ads right after takeoff!
I really could do without all of those #$!@$!@$ ads right after takeoff!
Apr 17, 2014, 7:43 am
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My online experiences with DL are often every bit as clunky and annoying as is shopping at Sears.com
All that cool Flash can't cover up Grandma's support stockings.
Apr 17, 2014, 8:51 am
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That's the blessing of the new electronics policy. Blast that ipod from boarding to wheels down and miss all the blaring commercials and the blather from the FAs. I too would much rather silence at 06h30 but the ipod beats the DL-supplied noise pollution any day.