Originally Posted by
perkin
You claim to be an ATPL holder...tell me one thing - are you going to stop running through your checklists before your next take off because you've done them 1000 times before?? I suspect not...the cabin safety briefing is surely there for the same reason as the flight deck checklists...
You're missing the point of what Lord Lucan says.
He knows his checklists and runs through them correctly every time he flies - at least, he does if he's a professional. What he does not need, because he knows them so well, is an instructor to tell him how to do his checklists - that was part of his type rating/class rating.
It's the same with the cabin safety brief - if you've heard the BA 737-400 safety brief 200 times you know it as well as the cabin crew do. They don't need to instruct you on how to fasten a seat belt and wear a life jacket, you can just refresh yourself with regard to your position relative to the exits (the SLF equivalent of checking the ATIS!) and get on with life.
The cabin crew are like your flying instructor - they tell you what to do if you don't already know how. A similar analogy is buying a new car - the dealer tells you how it works, you read the handbook (if you need to) and off you go. After a couple of drives, though, you no longer need to look in the handbook to work out how to operate the windscreen wipers.