Am I the only one who really wonders how serious airlines are about safety when the instructions for buckling the seat belt are given as the plane is readying for takeoff? Considering that passengers are going to be herded hundreds of miles in a metal can with poor air quality 30,000 feet in the air with no means of escape, I actually find it insulting that seat belt instructions are part of the safety demonstration. As in, everybody except the very young knows how to buckle their seat belts.

Forgive me here; this just really irks me.