Originally Posted by
LondonElite
This.
The bit about "the captain has just said..." drives me mental! And I know it's for a good cause, but the Flying Start blah blah is just more noise pollution to me. Also, we know it'sa busy flight, we know bags go in the overhead bin under underneath the seat in front of you, unless you are in rows one or nine..." blah blah blah. Destroys my Zen.
/rant
Glad you went there on Flying Start. I began to type but thought better of it. Irritating. Especially now as it also interjects in the films, total buzz kill.
SoggyDollar (massive fan of JVD by the way!

) - totally agree on the seatbelts over the blanket thing too.
Maybe we're curmudgeons who hear this stuff too often, but there has to be a better way. Perhaps voluntarily, through the IFE...?