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Old 1st Nov 2011, 16:24
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The African Dude
 
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It could probably mean both, Capot, but does it really matter?

I've been taught that some people like lots of PA talk (as rightly pointed out above, to make up for the lack of a moving map), some people like none at all and quite a few people just like some soothing pilot babble to reassure them they aren't going to arrive 3 hours late in a different airport to that expected. But you have to work very, very hard to fill more than 2 minutes of chat. Is that so hard to bear for a business traveller on a mid-day flight when half the cabin is going on holiday?

I'm sure there is no "right" answer, but hopefully we find the right middle ground more often than not.

By contrast, RYR service from East Mids to Belfast managed so many different PAs in the 35 minutes it took to get across the Irish Sea, at such great volume, that even reading became impossible. Which, I guess, was probably the point!
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