Originally Posted by Piltdown Man
It is disappointing that so many people think that the safety briefing does so much to improve the safety of a flight[...]
But, why do the briefing then? In addition, if as crew you believe (rightly or not) that most PAX don't care, it does not really motivate you to capture people's attention. Without the video, from some seats it is not always possible to see the demo without adopting an unnatural position (what would you do if one day you saw 70 heads popping up from behind the seats to watch
Slightly off-topic (?) when the guy next to me uses his phone during final approach in bad weather (yes it happened!) then I do become a little nervous...