Recent posting in Rumour and News has referred to the NTSB final report on US1549 (ditching in the Hudson)
here including this observation:
On a more serious note:
17% of pax watched the safety brief (or "most" of it)
8% of pax actually looked at the safety card
6% of pax got themselves a life jacket
Ouch. They were very very lucky to be in an EOW aircraft with the pilot they had, but that's really riding your luck.
So regardless of many of the comments above, what is being done isn't working. Time for a rethink?