Question re. safety announcements

[JustOccurred2Me]

Flying last week with the family (LBA-PMI & back) a thought struck me about the safety announcements.

All airlines seem to go into a lot of detail about life jackets and rafts "in the unlikely event of an emergency over water"... but no mention whatsoever about evacuating the aircraft via slides. Sure, there was a quick "leave all your belongings behind" but nothing about what to expect at the door.

It seems that evacs needing lifejackets are unbelievably rare compared to evacs on the ground via slides which reportedly happen somewhere almost weekly. Given the common complaints about passengers dragging all sorts of stuff down the slides, would it not be better to emphasize this type of emergency a bit more and get the "leave it all behind" rule into the mindset more securely?


PS if any Jet2 staff read this - top service on LS227 (26/07) and LS258(07/08), first time we've flown with you but definitely not the last.

[RAT 5]

Open to correction: it was the case that airlines were required to inform the pax of the a/c's safety procedures. A well illustrated authorised safety card could satisfy this. There were a/c with <20 pax and only 1 CA. The cabin was too small and it was not possible to demo all the equipment. I was once on a 50 seater when 1 CA went sick and they departed, legally, with only 1. The safety demo was not possible and the safety card was sufficient.
All tis was in UK pre-JAA era. In EASA, now? No idea.
Those a/c with safety videos have more opportunity to indulge the pax information. The safety card has some good pictures. To manually demo the use of slides is difficult, especially when the pax may have numerous language requirements. It's all about risk assessment and legal requirements.

[wiggy]

It seems that evacs needing lifejackets are unbelievably rare compared to evacs on the ground via slides which reportedly happen somewhere almost weekly. Given the common complaints about passengers dragging all sorts of stuff down the slides, would it not be better to emphasize this type of emergency a bit more and get the "leave it all behind" rule into the mindset more securely?

Evacs needing life jackets may seem rare but there a lot of airports where there's potential for going into the water following a runway excursion and the consequences of not getting the donning and inflation right (and that may well be very much a self help item, hence the ore flight brief.) could be catastrophic, hence I think it needs to stay in the brief in it's current form.

OTOH in the event of a land evacuation if you get to the door you'll get down the slides without too much difficulty, briefed or not, assisted by the cabin crew or not.

Sadly I think regardless of how long and loud you plea or brief for people to leave belongings behind some will always try to take the kitchen sink with them...and as RAT has pointed out there are time and language limitations on what you can put in the brief.