Altitude Count Down
A few weeks ago I flew DXB to CDG on an Emirates A380. We flew a slightly (for me) unusual course, going more to the west than I'm used to seeing, travelling over Saudi, Egypt and then up the Adriatic between Italy and Dubrovnik.
That was probably due to the tensions over Iraq (although the return journey was pretty much as usual).
My question is related to the approach to CDG. The flight deck gave the cabin crew a count down in altitude. 20,000ft, 14,000ft and 10,000ft.
In over 40 years of flying, I've never heard that, so what was it all about?