Originally Posted by
Coffeemadman
The thing I don’t get about these kind of announcements is that the people who are going to be aggressive towards crew aren’t going to listen to the announcement. It doesn’t stop the abuse. The people who will listen to it and agree with it are the people who never were the ones going to be abusive in the first place.
That's 100% true. But it does also potentially make the conversation easier if they *do* have to have a word with someone. That person cannot feign ignorance. A bit like the T&Cs that you have to click a button to say you have read. They are not for your protection they are for the company.
I loath being photographed or filmed and step out of the many 'optional' (but apparently obligatory) occasions for group photos on tours, meetings, conferences etc.
To think that someone would video me on a plane and then post it on the internet I find very offensive.
I don't mind the back of my head in a photo of a lounge, or as a passing head in an airport concourse. That I think is 'in public' and fair use. But inside a plane is not.
We all know there are some people who just don't care about this, either as subjects or content creators. But if the crew are to be able to protect me and themselves from this, unfortunately it may mean such an announcement is necessary. I have never heard it on BA, but I have heard it on several other airlines already.