Originally Posted by
CruiserCLE
Not quite the same thing, but I've had quite a few flights recently where there was zero enforcement of seats being up, laptops away, etc for landing. On one flight in particular, the FA's did absolutely nothing (and it was an old 738 with the F recliners that almost end up in your lap which made me uncomfortable thinking about a what-if need to evacuate) that I took pictures and reported them. Between that and seeing FA's with earbuds in / on their phones during flights, I've seen a noticeable decline in attention to safety.
It's funny this thread came up, I have noticed some of these things recently. Last month I watched a passenger place a 15" laptop in the seat pocket before takeoff which the FA seemed not to see despite half of it sticking out. Laptop fell out during takeoff and screen cracked. Thank goodness it missed the passenger's foot which was in a sandal. Have also seen people prepare for take-off at the last minute by fully reclining their seats.
I chalked it up to the strange, non-compliant passenger behavior I've seen which stated during the pandemic. But this year there also seems to be a slight reduction in FAs interest in doing their jobs, whether safety walk throughs or clearing empty glasses during flight. Last international flight from SFO the FAs attitudes were right out of the 90s.