Tiger_lily

KLM’s safety video does the same but it’s shown as applying across the entire aircraft.

Bohinjska Bistrica

QR's broadcasts over the full plane (I was in Economy) but only mentions the business class seat.

Having dropped my phone previously (twice) whilst in economy, I can vouch that it typically ends up at the feet of the passenger behind. Or, if you're daft enough to do it on take-off (guilty), the passenger three rows behind. Not great really!

RGS5526

Originally posted by C-W-S:.

Did the esteemed Corporate-Wage-Slave really intend to imply that gasoline-powered piston engines are dominant in Bermuda, or was he thinking of AVTUR?

Scots_Al

Indeed - I’ve certainly noticed it, but I’d always just assumed it was because you didn’t want pax ripping seats apart. Perhaps it would be worth explaining why this is an issue - I can’t believe I’m the only person who didn’t know.

Can I help you

I think it’s pretty clear to be honest, the announcement is below.

If you are seated in our First or Club World cabin please take
care that your personal electronic device does not obstruct the
adjustment of your seat. If your device does get lost within your
seat, please do not move the seat and let one of us know.

flygirl68

“ If you have any questions, please ask a member of the crew”. I’m still having to explain why you can’t have bags on the floor by the emergency exit, why seatbelts need to be on for take off AND landing AND turbulence, why that large bag needs to go into the overhead locker. Always ask, there isn’t time for a safety video that explains why such things need to be done.

Globaliser

At least one other airline specifically warns of the risk of fire as the reason not to move the seat. It seems to me that BA could usefully add this to explain and reinforce the instruction.

bisonrav

Possibly an announcement such as "should your mobile phone slip into the seat and thereby start a fire, it will be destroyed, and you will be unable to video the ensuing evacuation for use on Instagram or sale to news agencies" would be more effective.

Jagboi

I've found the CW seat to amongst the worst for places to store things. There are no cubbys for eyeglasses or phones, aside from the shoe drawer, and that is inaccessible when the seat is flat. Most other airlines J seats have small storage places for glasses and phones - as does the new suites I hear.

Schind

It's the batteries in modern devices - they can explode when punctured or crushed and lithium-ion batteries burn at a very high temperature. They're not allowed to be shipped as cargo on passenger aircraft - they have to go on dedicated cargo flights. This was brought in after at least two cargo flights were brought down by Li-Ion fires. If one explodes it can quickly take the others it's packed alongside with it.
It's also the reason why personal items with these batteries are better off in the cabin than in the hold. If one does explode it can be extinguished by trained personnel in the cabin if they can access it - in the hold they can burn too hot for standard fire suppression devices installed on aircraft.

Flythe96flag

Your comment confuses me, do you believe that mobile devices should be banned?

By speaking of attribution and taking action are you implying that blaming the passenger for an accident that could happen to any one of us, making them a scapegoat for all battery related incidents etc. will solve the problem?

Schind

(Only half tongue-in-cheek)
Whenever it's an e-cigarette battery that goes up people call for them to be banned. Nice to see people saying the same when it's a mobile or laptop!

Globaliser

We'll have to see what needs to be done, if we ever get to that stage. I get the impression that there's a certain amount of keeping fingers crossed in relation to phones and other devices, given the frequency with which they are causing in-flight fires and the relative difficulty of putting them out once they have caught fire. (Unlike many other common fires, you can't just rely on spraying a fire extinguisher over a burning device as that's often not enough to put it out.) I hope we don't ever have one, but the possibility of a major accident caused by a burning device is plain to see. It's the way of the world that if there is a major accident of this kind, then there will be more calls for "something to be done". Then we will see what happens.

So this is about causes of accidents, not blaming specific individuals if there is an accident (even if they are individuals who chose to ignore what was in the safety briefing).

Can I help you

I will be honest and say that a lithium battery fire is my worst nightmare, I hope I never have to deal with one.

flatlander

E-cigs are very dangerous compared to laptops and phones. The construction of e-cigs is much cheaper (therefore worse) than phones or laptops, they're often modified by the users to draw more power from the battery which causes serious safety risks, and they inherently have heating elements next to batteries while laptops have cooling mechanisms and phones have thermal shut-down (if your phone gets too hot it will turn itself off).