Nomdeplume
Nomdeplume - Just a quick one on the subject of inflight PA's from the flight deck.
To some extent they have become superfluous due to the provision of a moving map display, (on most carriers), available to each passenger.
More significantly however is the fact that when the flight deck give a PA it will interrupt the sound track of any films or any audio channel, that in itself can be irritating enough for the passengers but on many airlines PAs have to be given in more than one language. A simple PA by me to the effect that we are just passing the Taj Mahal can lead to a five minute disruption of a film and all the sun shades on one side being lifted causing people to be woken up or their screen to become difficult to see.
In many airlines these days only the most necessary PAs from the flight deck are encouraged.
On a general note, in thirty six years of flying I think I can count on the fingers of one hand the number of times I had a serious clash with the CSD/IFS etc. that, to me, illustrates the size of the "problem".