Wow, you guys need to lighten up.

Comments like these aren't really needed:

"If you can't go few hours with HD video you need help" (How about 16 hours to BKK, or back and forth to IAD and LHR every 2 weeks?)

"Most of what is mentioned is small and unimportant"-, (um, yes, that was clearly pointed out in my OP...)

"This statement, alone, indicates to me that I need not read the rest of your message" (and then she goes on to read the whole post and reply...)

And all of the defensive rationales for things that could maybe be fixed if someone took the time to bother completely miss the point and spirit of my post. The idea is "Wouldn't it be nice if airlines paid more attention to little stuff in an effort to please their valuable customers."

Regarding the safety stuff:

The pilot gets and communicates gate info and he doesn't crash the plane, so asking for connection communication isn't wholly unreasonable.

Seats that are 1" back are not a safety hazard, let the poor guy sleep.

The safety speech could be on card, not verbally blasted from a speaker 1 ft. from your ear.

...etc., etc.