 In-Flight Announcements
In article <1158403181.553207.215350@m7g2000cwm.. com>,
"Tchiowa" <tchiowa2@m> wrote:
> Frank F. Matthews wrote:
> > Considering the discussion concerning in-flight Announcements that we
> > have been having recently folks may find this weeks Economist (9/9)
> > interesting. On page 15 they give an example of what an honest
> > in-flight announcement might be like.
>
> On a slightly different tack, I'm sure getting fed up with the number
> of announcements. Particularly on international flights. If I'm on a
> long haul flight I don't need either my sleep or my movie interrupted
> to hear every announcement made in multiple languages or to hear the
> specials for duty free shopping or the pilot thanking me for choosing
> their airline.
>
> If the announcement isn't safety related there should be an option on
> the headphones to not hear it. (That won't happen, of course, but I can
> dream.)
What would be nice is if the announcements not involving safety or
arrival issues could be announced on a reserved channel on the sound
system with a little blinking light on the video screens to let people
know a new announcement has been made.
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