Airline Announcements

[xsbank]

http://www.economist.com/opinion/displa ... id=7884654

[flyinhigh]

i'd love to hear that, the truth would be great.

But you know what, if they actually said that someone would try to sue the airline for some crap that they are mentally anguished form it.

[water wings]

yep - back in the day when i was FA, i had an older gent (who had recently told me he flew in WWII) ask me why i got the harness and aft facing seat. I said, "so i can live in the event of the unthinkable, and drag you out of here. don't think about it" Then he smiled and said "i figured that much. Could i have another coffee?" i liked him.

i saw the study on aft facing seats and individual breathing bags - all very interesting, but not going to happen anytime soon.

[AV8OR]

Didn't mythbusters do an episode on seating postions and arrangements for airliner crashes?

[Red Line]

I think they also proved the effectivness of the brace position in that episode.

By the way, I heard studies have shown that forward facing seats create less confusion during evacuation. Anyone else heard this?

[ei ei owe]

Don't know about most of you but I prefer the back door.
No sense in going right to the spot that hit the ground first (most of the time anyway).

[monkeyspankmasterflex]

Don't know about most of you but I prefer the back door.

Never tried it, I get pretty hung up on the whole hygiene thing.

Backwards though, can't go wrong with that, if anything I'd say it makes "evacuation" easier.

[N2]

Does it really matter where you sit? If you turn into a lawn dart you're going to be hamburger anyways.

In reality the announcement should be..."Ladies and gentlemen, in the event of a water landing, chances are we're screwed so don't bother with the life preservers under your seats. If we are going to have a crash landing please assume the position and kiss your ass goodbye, and in the event of a ground fire it's first one to the door who may get out alive. Screw the orderly evactuation of the aircraft cause I don't know of anyone who's going to roast to death waiting their turn. Enjoy your flight and keep your assses puckered so the horseshoe doesn't fall out."

[Fish]

I really quite enjoyed that article. Especially the last line about crosscheck

[bmc]

British Airways have aft facing seats in business class on their widebodies. I always fly in their aft facing window seats.

[xsbank]

You mean the BA Bassinettes? Grab as many pillows as you can to pad 'em up, then you might sleep. Yoga experience helps too.

[V1]

I don't know about the cell phone comment, my cell phone interfere's with the radio equipment sometimes, but i assume it's because we are sitting in the front seats.

[bmc]

You mean the BA Bassinettes? Grab as many pillows as you can to pad 'em up, then you might sleep. Yoga experience helps too.

I don't think we're talking about the same thing. The seats I refer to go completely flat and enable my 6'1" frame to sleep very comfortably. While not as wide as many other J class seats, it's a flat bed and far more comfortable, for me, than any other business class seat. And I compare that to CX, SQ, JL, AF, KL, LH, RG, OS, LX, IB. While all offer varying degrees of quality product, I've come to the conclusion that seat comfort is very personal thing depending on your body shape. I easily get 5-8 hours sleep on BA's seats depending on flight length.

[Walker]

I don't know about the cell phone comment, my cell phone interfere's with the radio equipment sometimes, but i assume it's because we are sitting in the front seats.

With the navs or just the radio?

mine makes a funktastic clicky noise on the intercom...

[xsbank]

Bmc - same thing.

On another topic - http://www.economist.com/business/displ ... id=7884763