Originally Posted by
alex_b
Why would it be a violation, for not reading exactly as scripted or because of the humour? The NZ videos are routinely funny and are shown when departing the US.
Sorry I was the OP on this and was referring to the incident at start of this thread.
Originally Posted by
eng3
So if the audio played over the speakers, I guess people heard the safety announcement. They just didnt see the part about how to put on your seat belt or put on a life vest
Well, some people heard it, but I really did not though I pulled one ear phone off. It kind of competed with some news show I was watching and listening to.
Now that personal devices can play music, etc. and since, on that plane, the Direct TV was available I bet half the plane could have had headphones on and was were tuned into something else. Passengers are no longer a captive (nor a captured) audiance. But the whole new policy of allowing personal devices to play during taxi and take off has just created a new group of ways for people to get distracted and not get the safety the briefing.