What do you do during PA announcements?
 

(I realize this should be under "general travel talk," but too late!)

1) During the emergency briefing, do you:
a) listen
b) read the paper (and block the view of others who might be watching for the first time)
c) have a conversation
d) figure, "i've heard it, so I'll just tune out"

2) During boarding, when they ask you to stow roller-bags handle side out, do you:
a) get up and change yours
b) do nothing because you did it right the first time
c) do nothing because you can't hear the PA in the first place
d) do nothing because you have tuned it out

3) After landing, when they ask you to remain seated with seatbelt fastened, do you:
a) follow directions until the "ding"
b) unfasten as the plane nears the gate
c) unfasten when the plane is on the taxiway, but far from the gate
d) stand up as soon as the plane stops

[This message has been edited by zrs70 (edited 02-13-2001).]

d, b, b

Bruce

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b
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1) During the emergency briefing, do you:
d) figure, "i've heard it, so I'll just tune out"
-- when I was a child, I used to recite the script since I flew NW so often

2) During boarding, when they ask you to stow roller-bags handle side out, do you:
???? Never heard this one before

3) After landing, when they ask you to remain seated with seatbelt fastened, do you:
a) follow directions until the "ding"

a. And I do mean listen because I am short and can never actually see the demonstration.

b.

b.

Originally Posted by Wiirachay:

1) During the emergency briefing, do you:
d) figure, "i've heard it, so I'll just tune out"
-- when I was a child, I used to recite the script since I flew NW so often
2) During boarding, when they ask you to stow roller-bags handle side out, do you:
???? Never heard this one before

3) After landing, when they ask you to remain seated with seatbelt fastened, do you:
a) follow directions until the "ding"

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Ditto here!

FF

...except for the NW part!

d
b
b

D
B
B

A B A (and then push people out of the way who are trying to get past me because they did not do A!!!)


[This message has been edited by wharvey (edited 02-13-2001).]

1. a

2. don't own a rollerbag

3. c

D

B - "Did it right the first time and Usually have fixed those done wrong in same compartment.

B - With the addition of - but remain seated until the "ding"

1. D

2. Not applicable never been on a plane with the expanded overhead bins and had a roll aboard at the same time, but I know to do B when applicable

3. C

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1) During the emergency briefing, do you:
figure, "i've heard it, so I'll just tune out"

2) During boarding, when they ask you to stow roller-bags handle side out, do you:
Ignore, since I did it right the first time

3) After landing, when they ask you to remain seated with seatbelt fastened, do you:
Take it off when we are close to the gate

1) During the emergency briefing, do you:
(d) while doing (b) but reading a book and never blocking someone's view. Although if it is my 1st time flying an international carrier I enjoy watching how they put together the safty video. Air India has an Indian gentleman dubbed with a British accent and it cracks me up.

2) During boarding, when they ask you to stow roller-bags handle side out, do you:
(b) but I do not travel internationaly with a rollaboard.

3) After landing, when they ask you to remain seated with seatbelt fastened, do you:
(a) always! And then I get up, grab my bag, and politly let the rows in front of me deplane, pissing off the people that performed (d). The guy that acted out (d) and was a few rows ahead of me ends up being only one or two passengers ahead of me in the immigration line.

1) D
2) B
3) B

Well ... my day of meetings ended up with a lengthy schnapps tasting (in the line of duty! choosing after-concert beverages for an audience), and I'm too drunk to do any work, which means taking a computer as well as a violin as carryon in BA coach (shudder) two days hence, which is the only reason I'm replying to this ...
1. D, but if the FA is cute I'll look at her anyhow
2. Don't have a rollaboard but can hardly imagine stowing one the other way
3. B but pretty close to A

1) During the emergency briefing, do you:
a) listen- if the emergency briefing is "manual." I'm not trying to be self-righteous but I think it is only polite to give the FAs your attention during the short briefing.

d) figure, "i've heard it, so I'll just tune out"- if the overhead video is used for the emergency briefing

2) During boarding, when they ask you to stow roller-bags handle side out, do you:
b) do nothing because you did it right the first time

3) After landing, when they ask you to remain seated with seatbelt fastened, do you:
b) unfasten as the plane nears the gate

1) d - except I do remind myself where the exits are

2) b

3) b

1) d
2) b
3) b

I used to not pay much attention, but then last April, my DL connection J31 crash landed at JFK after an onboard and engine fire. I realized as we came to a skidding stop that I didn't fully know how to open the emergency exit! I know it isn;t hard, but it still took me 10 more seconds than it might have otherwise, and when flames are behind you, those seconds count! We all got out with little or no injury and I then boarded a train.

I always pay complete attention now.

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See you at the airport!

Congratulations Greg W on surviving a genuine aircraft emergency and reminding people it's important to know how to get out fast. After many years of flying I got complacent and ignored the safety briefings. My best friend, an FA for many years, chastised me severely.

Now, I always count the number of rows to at least 2 exits AND during the safety briefing I ALWAYS read the safety card that shows how to open the different exits.

I've taught my young daughter to do the same and told her, "Never count on anyone else to help you escape from the plane in an emergency. If you can't physically open the door, you will be able to show an adult how to do it."

Congratulations Greg W on surviving a genuine aircraft emergency and reminding people it's important to know how to get out fast. After many years of flying I got complacent and ignored the safety briefings. My best friend, an FA for many years, chastised me severely.

Now, I always count the number of rows to at least 2 exits AND during the safety briefing I ALWAYS read the safety card that shows how to open the different exits.

I've taught my young daughter to do the same and told her, "Never count on anyone else to get you out of the plane in an emergency. If you can't physically open the door, you will be able to show an adult how to do it."

Sorry for messed-up post above. I'm new and still trying to get the hang of things. Tried to correct my post and ended up messing it up entirely.

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1) a
2) --- (never heard this one)
3) a

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I always memorize the number of seat rows to the nearest exit. If it is a new airplane/airline, I pay attention. Otherwise once you have heard one, you have heard them all.

a, b, a


and i also always count the rows forwards and backwards to the exits; one of these exits should always be a non-overwing exit.


One of my relatives once had to shove someone out of the way to open an exit, and the guy she shoved tried to sue. Mind you, this was as the plane was slowly filling with smoke. I've seen a couple of airlines confer briefly with exit row pax about knowing how to use those things. I always smirk and mime it for the FAs, who tend to be impressed, frightened, or both. It's also fun to note the differences in airlines' attitudes towards safety presentations, etc.

(Edited because i used the wrong letter. Oops!)

[This message has been edited by gwendolynaoife (edited 02-14-2001).]

1 -- e. Though I've heard it (often!), I find it amusing to breifly scan the rest of the passengers to see who's listening. I'll watch though -- if it's the first time I've flown that particular airline (typically a foreign flag carrier).

2 -- e. I've never heard them say this either, but I typically check one bag and keep my briefcase beneath the seat in front of me.

3 -- b. I usually unfasten as the plane nears the gate. However, I usually remain in my seat and calmly wait for everyone to spill out into the aisles and fight for position. Then, I usually raise the armrest (where possible) and sit relaxed until the passengers in front of me have cleared the aisles.

[This message has been edited by ORD12 (edited 02-14-2001).]

Let me explain what I meant in question number 2.

United often asks pax to put roller bags with handle facing out. This way, more bags can fit in the bins. Often, people put the bag in with the handle to the side, taking up lots more space. Then, during the PA, those same people sit there and do nothing while the FA's are busy trying to find more space.

A) I even pull out the safety card and review at the conclusion of the briefing, on every flight.

B) I use the time instead to scope out the cute girls on the flight...

B) I feel naked without my seatbelt.

1 d (and recite it along with her I hear it so often)

2 b (stowed and waiting for my pre-flight drink)

3 b (seat belt off as we pass the jetway, waiting for the ding)

1. honestly . . . if the the safety presentation is "live" I look for the prettiest FA and watch her give the presentation. if it's on video, i just usually zone out.

2. never heard that one.

3. B.

1. D on the planes I fly 15-25 times/year each: AA 737s, MD80s, and Saabs. But I look at the exit door if I'm in the exit row. All other planes/carriers: A

2. N/A until AA finished expanding their overhead bins

3. B

a) on a new carrier or a new aircraft type, but mostly it's the same ol' MD-90 or B-767 on Delta so I can almost recite it. I do notice, however, when they change videos. And I also always try to mmemorize the number of rows to the nearest exit. I don't like those that have a conversation during the announcement. There are other passengers who would like to listen.

b). I'm amazed how many don't take advantage of the newer, deeper overhead bins, even FA's. We finally got new bins that will take many of the rollers "handle-out" and people don't use them. On my latest DL B-757 there were actually stickers on the inside of the overhead bin door showing how to stowe the rollers.

a). There is not much to do even if you unfasten the belt beforehand. BTW, I keep the belt on all the time, except for the occasional trip to the lav.

/Pete

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I used to take out the safety card and listen during all briefings. I'll admit that with flying the same aircraft over and over again I find it hard to really pay attention, I still always take out that safety card and unfold it and stop reading or talking, at least making a reasonable simulation of paying attention. It usually seems like I am the only one in F who's even pretending to pay attention.

If the aircraft is at all new to me, I certainly pay attention and count rows to exits.

And on the overhead bin issue, a pet peeve of mine is that crew will leave pillows and blankets up in the bins so passengers who put luggage up will crush these to the back, taking up extra space on crowded flights (and making the pillows and blankets inaccessible to passengers who might want them later in flight). I always go through the bins near my seat, whatever cabin I am in, and remove all pillows and blankets to my seat (or any empty middle seat next to me in Y).

I don't mind having 3 pillows and 2-3 blankets; I use them to make a nest in my seat if no one else wants them.

I've had a flew flights in Y where I have literally filled a middle seat with pillows and blankets. It's a simple matter to shove some in the front of the bins after luggage is stowed. Then people who want them in flight can see them, and no extra luggage is displaced to the dreaded gate check.

I travel with a lot of carryon and like the bulkhead, so I do use a fair amount of bin space. I figure my pillow and blanket routine is at least some contribution to the problem.

Once (in five years or so of doing this) I had a passenger verbally criticize me for removing pillows and blankets from the overhead bins. It was on a flight where the crew had not taken a single one out and placed them on the seats. My first reaction to anyone who talks to me is to ask them to help themselves to pillows and blankets in my pile. He refused and got ruder when I explained why I was taking them out, like I was doing something I shouldn't. But that was only one time.

Recently on UA, they seem to be pulling the pillows and blankets out and putting them on the Y middle seats, which I think is a great standard procedure.