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Old Jan 18, 2013 | 11:46 am
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Queenoftheskies
 
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Originally Posted by onaswan
Here's my question then: Why does the "20 minutes to landing" anouncement get broadcasted to the whole plane, CC and pax, yet, as you say, the flight crew can 'phone' you on the internal system? (always wondered that)
Along with, "seats for take-off"...
Not all cabin crew are stood by their inter-phone stations when we're given those PA's. Hence, why it's broadcasted to the full aircraft so all crew, regardless of what they're doing, are aware '10/20/40mins'.

Good question though!!
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