411 writes:
I wonder if it ever occured to anyone that perhaps some passengers simply don't want to listen to tin hat voices pronouncing so-called safety instructions...when in fact it may well be clearly apparent that the person giving said safety instructionjs is barely out of high school....or so old as to be ones grandmother.
As pax, yes, I'd rather not listen to the girls and boys (of whatever age) telling me things I already know about the seat I'm sitting in and what I can do to hope to live through some sort of mis-step.
Then again, I'm the sort of pax who will book ahead, look up the registration, know what livery its in, know when its last "C" was, and would prolly be able to pick it out of a lineup.
Part of the problem with air transport at the moment is that most customers are so f*cking detached that they don't even know what they're riding in.
That makes it impossible for one carrier to differentiate itself from another, and it also fosters the dreaded "lowest price is best" mentality.
Both are killing the industry.
Go back 35 years, and one had a choice. One might choose best service, best seat pitch or best price.
Now, one must choose only best price - no real guarantees on other parameters apply.
Sad, that.
As far as them being "tin hat" voices, well, if they are "tin hat" voices, at least they're supposedly on my side.
I think when one puts his life in the hands of others, one should at least listen to the advice they give. If one is too bored to do that, then one should keep his life in his own hands.
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