Airline passenger in "not listening to safety demo" shock!

[MsHighwater]

Dontcha just love Ryanair?

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they are awful. My friend's 4 year old dd was really sick on one of their flights last summer and they didn't even have a sick bag for her. They gave her a plastic carrier bag!

They cant help themselves can they anything to make a little bit more cash I bet the poor man had to buy a ticket with ryan air the next day

, blimey seems a bit harsh.

We did that route (Sardinia to Stansted) last year with Ryanair and our friend was almost refused entry to the flight because she was 6 months pregnant. She flew into Sardinia the previous week with no problems (Easyjet). I was curious as to what they would do to be honest, keep her at the airport until she gave birth at xmas .

They also ran out of food - absolutely nothing at all on their trolleys by the time it reached us, not even a biscuit. Crap airline.

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I was on a plane years ago about to take off from Singapore when 2 blokes were arrested and taken off for buggering about during safety demo.

possibly controversial, but I say Hurrah!

I worked as Cabin Crew, and it's utterly disrespectful and arrogant to talk through the safety demo. For goodness sake, could he not have been quiet for one minute!?

I worked shorthaul and had a lot of regular passengers, the vast majority of whom had heard the demo a million times, but would at least keep quiet so that those who were not as familiar with the emergency proceedures could listen and hear.

(I once had a letter printed in a daily paper after John Prescott, who was then Minister for Transport talked loudly through the safety demo on a flight of mine )

On a flight to england a stewardess shouted "shut up while we get this over with" to one of the gentlemen sitting beside me - he was translating for someone who did not speak english, and he was v quiet! He was mortified. Then the same stewardess shouted at my dd (3 at the time) for playing about (she was silent, just practising what to do if she hears "Brace Brace") I complained and was thanked for my feedback

It does annoy me tho, when people talk loudly through it - its just disrespectful.

Lmccrean, sounds like you had a wagon dragon.

I was lovely, me

The good doctor claims to have a number of witnesses who can testify to having been unable to hear him speaking, though, suggesting that he possibly wasn't talking loudly at all.

Don't you think that airlines, with Ryanair perhaps leading the way, could be getting a bit carried away with responding to passengers who don't toe the line?

A very eminent Scottish peer was involved in an incident with an airline (not Ryanair) that resulted in him being arrested and charged for alleged "air rage". He had a business class ticket (meaning that a business class fare had been paid) but an error resulted in him being allocated an economy class seat. He pointed out the error to cabin crew. According to a number of unimpeachable witnesses among his fellow passengers, he was perfectly reasonable in his behaviour towards the crewmembers but they, nevertheless, decided that a "zero tolerance" approach was warranted and called the police. The case, ultimately, was thrown out and the airline quite roundly criticised. I think this could be an example of a similar phenomenon.

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My dh had a similar situation. The person reading the safety demo had such a strong accent that we could hardly understand a word of it. Dh mentioned this to me in a normal voice (man in next seat overheard and agreed) and the cabin crew came and told him off severely.

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FGS. Noone ever listens to the safety briefings and on a plane you can hardly hear passenger who talk in a normal voice anyway because of the noise from the engines. I have never been on a Ryan air flight where I actually understand what their cabin crew say anyway, as they all seem to be Eastern Europeans or Spannish with really heavy accents.

I'd much rather Ryanair pay a bit of a fine instead of having to fly with a suspect calypso band anyway!

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lets face it, in the event of an emergency we are ALL GOING TO DIE! @ the thought of poncing about with a lifejacket and brace brace as the plane hurtles towards earth.

I am an infrequent and nervous flyer facing a 22 hour flight in a month's time. Can you all stop talking about how important it is to listen to the safety talk and to count the number of rows between your seat and the exit? It is making me very jittery!

Had a similar experience on EasyJet. Unexpectedly met a friend and we were talking and frankly did not notice that the afety bit had started. We were told off and sat in shamefaced silence. Afterwards, we both apologised to the stewardess for being so rude. She was pretty astonished by the apology and expalined that they are told that they must ensure that everyone is listening and do whatever is necessary to ensure that and if someone is talking, the person next to them might not hear something of importance.

While I tend to agree that the whole thing is an irrelevance, these people are trying to do their job, so if they asked nicely once, that should be enough. If the man was rude enough to keep talking after several requests, then, whislt the result was extreme, he really has no one but himself to blame.

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That is OK Trolleydolly, I know you are only doing your job. I do listen to the safety talks but I don't like to think about the reality iyswim.

Do nervous flyers really benefit from going on first? I would prefer to be on last - in the plane for less time - but we have 4 children and I remember from when we flew with them last that people with children get boarded first.

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LOL! I am not as nervous as some. I normally have dh next to me and he knows about engines, including those in planes, and he reassures me about all the funny noises and movements.

Last year I had to fly without him but with my brother and sister both of whom fly more than me. They were staggered at how nervous I was. It was quite a short flight but I was too nervous to eat or drink anything.

At least next month I have dh with me.

I see you fly longhaul. That must be tough.

Agree with SheherazadetheGoat. In case of an emergency we are all going to die anyway, so why not have a last good conversation during the safety briefing.