Etrang OMG now I understand why Tightslot threw in the towel
My post I feel answers your questions and so does Passey777 but to spell it out again for you:
The majority of pax don't want to fly with 4 point harnesses and rear facing seats and that's cost/benefit analysis aside. In fact a lot of them won't fasten a lap belt when instructed to do so and many pay little attention to the safety brief.
For every bit of equitment a pax might have to use for themselves on board that is the seatbelts, oxgen masks and lifejackets (all of which you are given by the way despite the cost) by law you have to be briefed on before take off. Likewise the exits. If we issued smoke hoods the same would apply.
Everyday I see pax talk, read and sleep their way through the demo on what we do now. Why would they give any more attention to the use of a smokehood?
Smoke hoods are issued to crew because it is
our role to fight fires on board not the pax. The majority can be put out within a few minutes so there is no need for the pax to have these for breathing purposes. If there is uncontrolled smoke in the cabin due to an underfloor fire you can rest assured the flight crew will be descending PDQ and have procedures for venting the cabin.
My advice to you as clearly you have a really low opinion of the aviation industry and the professional's who work within it is don't fly if you have so little confidence in us.
I'm going to follow
Tightslot and
ATS on this one and give you the last word. In the meantime I'm going to watch the following to see how I should be doing my safety demo according to your viewpoint. I bet I would get more attention from the SLF
www.youtube.com New United Airlines safety demonstration. The Pam Ann safety demonstration is also good for a laugh but doesn't quite get over that profit apparently takes priority over safety so clearly
Enjoy!!