Ouch....
Corol raises an issue which as an SOP generates immediate knee jerk reactions from busdrivers and cc alike....
Perhaps it IS time for a debate on how to ensure in the best way to inform passengers on what to do, and just maybe we will end up again with the same briefings, who knows, but let's discuss it, without bashing the SLF on the head....
There are fab examples of great briefings (find them on Youtube!) but as all regular fliers know, there are much more awful examples of completely incomprehensible, utterly bored, disinterested going through the ropes briefings.
The psychology of crowds and crowds in confined spaces is worth a study. Even with a briefing surprisingly few passengers will look around for the nearest exit, as do few rock fans in an arena, so there is a need for some information being fed to the passengers.
Perhaps the videos some planes now carry are better?
a humble SLF