Originally Posted by
mtkeller
Most of the Embraer jets operated by regional parters for US carriers use recorded safety announcements. This makes great sense on the 50-seat aircraft, since there is only one FA and they can then do the demo along with the announcement (as opposed to the 50-seat CRJ, where the FA has to put down the microphone and do the demos at the end). The larger Embraer jets also seem to generally have these recorded announcements available.
In Europe i have had recorded safety announcements on CRJs as well. But all the other announcements have been live. Generally, flights with 1 or 2 flight attendants mostly seem to get a recorded safety announcement.