New Onboard Announcements
Sep 30, 2021, 2:54 am
#6
Join Date: May 2004
Location: Jersey
Programs: BAEC gold
Posts: 517
Oh well… At present I’d settle for an end to the endless announcements about the fact that ‘the way we live and travel has changed’, and telling me about the symptoms of novel coronavirus. I think most people are aware of this by now… Surely it can now be reduced to telling people that the aircraft has been sanitised and reminding them to wear a mask (although in 20 sectors in the last 3 months I’ve not seen the crew enforcing mask wearing or stopping people queuing through CE for the loo anyway, so frankly what’s the point). The only thing which is properly enforced is the disembarkation routine…
Sep 30, 2021, 2:56 am
#7
Join Date: Apr 2009
Programs: BA Gold, Hilton Honors Diamond, Mucci de buveur de gin
Posts: 3,060
Sep 30, 2021, 3:00 am
#9
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: London, ARN, HEL, ..... or MAN
Programs: BA GGL / GFL, Mucci Diamond!, HH Diamond, Radisson Premium, IHG Gold, Hertz Gold
Posts: 5,874
I'm so bored by the stream of announcements at the moment, echoing the comments of jmd above.
Maybe some are mandatory like the safety demo, but for me the rest are now like the adults' voices in the Charlie Brown cartoons, booming away while being generally ignored
Maybe some are mandatory like the safety demo, but for me the rest are now like the adults' voices in the Charlie Brown cartoons, booming away while being generally ignored
Sep 30, 2021, 3:10 am
#10
Join Date: Feb 2017
Location: London
Programs: BAEC Gold, Marriott LT Platinum
Posts: 2,327
My question would be if someone of the transgender/ queer / intersexual or any other community was actually offended by 'Ladies and Gentlemen', or do we try as a society too hard driven by the overwhelming need to be politically correct?
Sep 30, 2021, 3:26 am
#14
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Vale of Glamorgan
Programs: BAEC Gold
Posts: 2,989
It is, however, good to also be sensitive towards those who might not identify as a lady or a gentleman, and might even be going through a very difficult time with regard to gender identity, and as long as the new announcement is natural and doesn't sound like BA is trying to hard to be seen as inclusive then I'm all for it.