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Old May 28, 2014 | 1:50 pm
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Originally Posted by tireman77
I believe the the issue predates new generation of in-ear noise cancelling headphones. Since over the ear can block out sound, almost completely, in the case of a FA giving special instructions in the case of an emergency (emergencies happening most often at or near take off and landing) it is possible the over the ear block out instructions being spoken by FAs. Commands like 'assume brace positions' or 'pull out your life jackets' would be important, and it is believed would no be drowned out by earbuds.
Bingo!

Welcome to world of aviation safety rule making - which in most cases moves more slowly than molasses in winter - which actually is a good thing.

This is why flying is so safe - albeit inconvenient at times.
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