Sorry for the thread drift but I must comment on the statement below
Capot
I have heard the cabin safety announcement about twice every 2 weeks, on average, since 1968, and I don't actually need to hear it again. It's not my job to look interested "as an example to others". So I don't need some teenager telling me it's "for my own good", in the tones of a primary school teaching assistant. I've been in one or two evacuations, not just the crew training one.
You are not the only person on board. It is a legal requirement to make the announcement and can be reassuring to nervous pax and less seasoned travellers.If you have been told it's 'for my own good' then there must have been a reason. The CC wouldn't normally comment on someone politely sitting there whilst they go through the no doubt repetetive but necessary narrative. Maybe if you briefed them on your vast experience, they would allow you to decide what is necessary when briefing an aircraft full of different nationalities,ages and experience
I too, am well travelled and have been in aviation for 30+ years. I wouldn't dream of being so rude or disrespectful as to assume I know better. Pilots, CC et al sit there and listen politely when travelling. What makes you bigger than that. I don't normally read tis forum but it has opened my eyes a little to what CC have to deal with on a daily basis.
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