Originally Posted by
QuietLion
The odds that someone will be killed or injured because he did not pay attention to a safety announcement because he was using an electronic device are astronomical. It's probably never happened.
...because very few people do use such devices, because it's not permitted?
That said, I could quite easily do the easyJet 737 and A319 safety demonstration for you, the number of times I've seen it. I could probably even do the French version. But that's not true of most people, and most people won't even notice the differences between the two aircraft that might be worth noticing (number of exit doors, way of opening them, different way of putting on lifejackets[1]). And the rules need to be the same for everyone, else you can't enforce them.
[1] 737 tie round the front, A319/20/21 have clips. But more significantly, how many people notice that on a narrowbody you *must not* inflate your lifejacket in the aircraft (it'll get you stuck in the exit) while on a widebody you are sometimes told to inflate it on board (because the doors are wide enough)? That one is *really* significant, as a blocked exit door could mean death to many people stuck behind.
Neil