LSM, certainly it would, although I recognise that the FD may have other priorities on their mind before making a PA. In the meantime I have reviewed the SWA video (on page 1) and the first PA announcement, which is from the CC is "Ladies and gentlemen, we are not there, you need to take your seats". She clearly was either not aware of the situation or, being in shock due to the unexpected aspect of the occurence, reverted to standard PA used when approaching the gate and pax start to get up. I'm sure she was a well trained professional. As I said, we don't really know how we would react in a real scenario.
Last edited by Hotel Tango; 24th Jul 2013 at 13:13.