to find it rude when people ignore the safety talk on an airplane?

[Beograde]

I find it rude when the aircrew ask us to for just a few minutes attention before we take off, and so many people keep on reading, etc? I know most people have flown a lot of times before, and maybe won't learnt something, but I think we're only being asked for a couple of minutes attention or so, and it just seems rude and disrespectful.

AIBU?

[squoosh]

the chances of surviving a crash especially in a ditching situation are next to nothing. If a plane lands on water it will break in two and suck everything down with it

That's what they should say instead of a safety demo!

That and 'so get your purses out and start drinking. Enjoy your flight'

[bakerbakerfairycaker]

Telling someone that brace position is to kill you faster or preserve dental records is actually quite irresponsible.

Its not, and god forbid the person told this ends up in a situation where brace could save their life.

[cozietoesie]

It keeps people calm while the pilot is trying to save the situation - and let's remember that many planes get into trouble and don't crash; or at any rate don't crash with the loss of all souls on board. If I was trying to fight a sick airliner, I'd prefer to do it knowing that people were occupied trying to haul out their life jackets or trying to brace rather than punching out the flight attendants and trying to break down the cockpit door.

[cutegorilla]

What I want to know is, if I have a baby on my lap and the oxygen masks come down who is supposed to do without a mask?

[JessieMcJessie]

Charlie, that would have been before the Hudson river landing, though it was called the Miracle on the Hudson with good reason.

[elastamum]

I fly a lot and I have to confess I dont always clock the safety announcements.

However, I do always sit in an ailse seat never more than 6 rows from an exit. I always count all the seat backs in each direction to the exits when I get on so I know where I am and I ALWAYS make sure my DC do the same and run through emergency exit instructions with them - including the one about not waiting for everyone else in the family. When told to go by the airline staff they are to get up and go!

Same in the hotels I stay in. Always check the fire escapes when you arrive.

Apart from that, I think the rest is pretty much down to fate.

[elastamum]

The seat you will have been allocated will have two masks.

[FromEsme]

I always listen. I once spoke with a pilot who said that people who listened were far more likely to survive in an emergency situation. There are plenty of situations that don't kill everyone on board. The crash in Tenerife, for example.

If something happens, I don't want to be the one panicking and trying to remember what I heard last time I flew. I want the information to be clear. I always count how many seats away from the door I am, I always check where the exit is.

[honeytea]

I can't listen because I hyperventilate and sob, I'm so afraid of flying I probably shouldn't fly.

The worst airline I went on was ETIHAD they had a prayer at the begining of the flight, I don't want to pray that the aircraft doesn't crash.

[Birdsgottafly]

My eldest DD doesn't always listen, if she acknowledges that flying can be unsafe, whist on the plane, then she would panic and have to get off.

She knows it off by heart, though and takes note of what would be more likely to save your life.

If there was a problem she would go into a panic attack and freeze (and die). But, she only flies with people who would look after her.

I think they should give out parachutes

That would prevent a lot of people from getting on a plane.

[Northernlurkerisbehindyouboo]

Dh counts rows to exits and he also (this is a bit weird) feels the front and back of the headrest so that in the dark and upside down he would have some guidance of which way was which. It makes him feel better anyway. Goodness knows what the other passengers think...........

[HazleNutt]

charlie that was a bit odd of them to give you such info - 95% of plane crashes have survivors.

[cozietoesie]

I'm afraid also, honeytea. If you're in a plane with me, I'll be the one grinning when the pilot comes on the loudspeaker and says 'We'll be landing at x in y minutes.....' (Because I'm thinking to myself 'Oh Goody - he thinks we're going to land!')

[Beograde]

It would seem that a good portion of people think it isn't rude, which I suppose reflects what I see when I fly.

[OneMoreChap]

Just to cheer you up:

Good landing - one you can walk away from
Great landing - one after which you can use the plane again

Skydiving - a hobby in which idiots step out of a perfectly functioning aeroplane.

[LucieMay]

Has anyone actually ever survived a plane crash?

[cozietoesie]

Of course, LucieMay. Lots of times.

[JadaSevert]

I also find it very rude, i do find it sometimes awkward when people continue to have conversations or noticeably ignore what the air hostesses are saying! I always make a lot of effort to listen, it doesnt matter how many times you have flown lots of people think 'it would never happen to me' but i just don't think its worth the risk, if your plane was to crash confusion and shock would take over

[cozietoesie]

One of the memorable ones.

\link{http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Airlines_Flight_232\sioux city crash}

[amothersplaceisinthewrong]

I locate the exits and carry on quietly reading.

[maybenow]

I fly about once a week between uk cities - i always continue to read through the demonstration but i try to do it subtley on my lap and i would never talk over it.
I check where my exit is on the way in.

I do listen and pay more attention on the rare occassions i fly on a much bigger plane as it's a bit different.

[Charliefarlie1192]

I do t mean a plane landing on water I mean crashing, it would be the same as crashing in to concrete impact wise And then the suction and pull mean no one would stand a chance

[Issy]

I do a lot of business travel and have done so for -gulp - decades, so have long since ceased to listen actively to the safety briefing as they really are all the same. But I don't talk and I don't disturb anyone else's concentration.

Pointing out your nearest exit is rather facile: there's one in front of you and there's one behind you. No sh*t Sherlock.

But I do check what type of belt it is and how to undo it. I do count the seat rows to my nearest exit. I do check where the life jacket is. And if I'm near a door, I do double-check how to open it.

DH went on a work-sponsored survival course ages ago and he was told that it's just as important, if not more so, to check on your exit route from the hotel/accommodation at your destination, counting the number of doors to the fire escape, checking that you can actually open the fire escape door, making sure you have your room key to hand when you go to bed (you should take it with you when you evacuate a building in case your escape route is blocked and you need to retreat back to your room) and having a robe/coat and shoes to hand.

And I always, always, always fasten my seat-belt when I get into the back of the taxi taking me to and from the airport, as that's the most likely way to be killed of all.

[Issy]

Of course if I fly with DH and the DDs we're all doomed as DH is a wheelchair user and I have absolutely no idea how he'd get off the plane or how I'd leave him behind.