No need to scroll, it was me.
The people I spoke to, who were senior staff in BA and Virgin Atlantic flight crew training, said they preferred people to pay attention during the routine security announcements and read the leaflets no matter how often they fly because things change.
They were asking for two minutes' courtesy out of your time, which isn't much, and if you are flight crew, I'd have thought you'd have appreciated that plea from a traveller for courtesy to staff.
But they also added that it did help them spot the people who were paying attention and those who weren't. They also mentioned the kinds of people they find most and least helpful in an emergency.
We went through a mock emergency procedure and I was shocked but pleased at their transition from waiter to barking authority figure who told you what to do in order to save your life.
Neither they nor I said they'd leave someone to die.
I was very impressed by the level of training in something going beyond first aid and crowd control by those two airlines.
That's what I was trying to say.
Of course, it might have all been an elaborate ruse for the media by those companies and the reality is that flight crew don't undergo any kind of training apart from upselling perfume.
It didn't seem that way to me but I'm not flight crew. What training do you receive? If you don't receive that level of training please name your carrier and I will avoid it.
As I said, I was impressed. But if you are flight crew and prefer not to accept the compliment then there's nothing I can do.