Strange mishap with the recorded safety video on the IFE recently.
AC1254 YYZ-CUN 19-Oct, only the audio plays - no video at all. Screens are all red (can't remember if it was "Passenger Announcement" or "Welcome Aboard"), but regardless thought it was extremely unusual. Was row 13 (A320) and the FA positioned at the front of the Y cabin as well as the SD in J both definetely noticed but didn't seem to care. The Y cabin FA was engaged in conversation with a lady in the last row of J for half the video, then making faces with a baby in 12B for the other half of the video (didn't think that was "proper" either, but whatev). Was waiting for them to bust out the old demo kits but alas they never did. IFE worked as normal once airborne (including moving map
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Strangely enough AC145 YYZ-YYC 26-Oct, the video is cutoff by a remarkably short taxi and then the "flight attendants take position for takeoff" just before the oxygen mask portion of the video. Safety video is turned off at that point. As soon as we get to cruising altitude, and before the seatbelt sign goes off, SD makes an announcement over the PA to please pay attention to the following additional safety info. They bust out the demo kits, 2 FA's are in the cabin and sure enough, they demo just the oxygen masks and the life vests.
Me thinks the former is a pretty big no-no, and the latter was well handled by a SD thinking on his feet, yes??