Safety Briefing. Why Bother?
Just returned from a trip (as a passenger) UK/Europe/US/Europe/UK.
One of the things that struck me was the variation in the standard of the briefings given to passengers the worst of which was a manky video akin to the restaurant type ads shown in cinemas.
One thing that didn't vary much was the arrogance/ignorance of most of the passengers who completely ignored the briefing. This behaviour was all but condoned on one or two airlines when the cabin staff ignored hand baggage left in dangerous places and eejits who thought that the bit about remaining in their seats until the aircraft was stationary did not apply to them ('Please brake hard. Please, please, please').
Best of the bunch? GO flight 302, Lisbon-London, 23/3/01. The cabin crew made the rounds post briefing and insisted (politely but firmly) that everything was put away. "No, I'm sorry sir but you can't hold your umbrella all the way to London". If my cabin crew were only half as vigilant I'd be happy.