Originally Posted by
jimlad48
Just had an unusual experience on the BA1309- (ABZ - LHR). We were parked and the crew were doing the safety briefing - IFM (i think) was at front - as they reached bit with the belt, passengers in row 1 got very excited at sight of a possible VIP and get his attention - he pauses and looks out window.
About a minute later more disruption from passengers at sight of the Prince of Wales (and full family) boarding a loganair flight.
At this point, despite briefing going on still, he abandoned it to lean into row1 and look out of the window and I think he spoke to passengers as the Royals walked past, while briefing continued. Afterwards he chatted about the sighting.
Given we're always being asked to give safety briefing our full attention, even if we've heard it many times before, I was a bit surprised to see the person delivering it quite literally give up, twice, to look out the window at famous people.
I assume its not normal behaviour, but is it worth raising with BA as a safety concern in that the proper briefing wasnt delivered by crew?
It is not normal but it is very human behaviour. Why do you feel this is something that needs to be “reported?” I very much doubt it is anything other than one example of a non repetitive error created by an unexpected and unusual event. To put the boot on the other foot- should a senior ignore passengers trying to get their attention to something going on outside? It may be vital they react and respond to these things quickly, irrelevant of what they may be doing at the time. A fire outside but close to the aircraft may be an example of this, I’m sure we can easily think of a few more examples. Just a thought