Christoo
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- Sep 11, 2012
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Is anyone here a huge fan of QF cabin announcements?
I mean, does anyone strain forward to hear every word as it flows over the PA system?
If you are one of those people, I doff my non-existent hat in your general direction.
As you may have deducted through your excellent powers of reasoning, I am not one of those people.
I am not riveted to discover the cruising altitude, the availability of duty free or to be introduced to my wonderful cabin crew.
I love my Bose Quiet Comfort headphones and I love the fact I am no longer asked to switch them off during take-offs and landing.
But it has been doing my head in lately how you set the volume of your IFE system to a nice mellow level and relax only to have a PA announcement come through at volumes comparable to standing directly behind the engine at take off.
My biggest gripe is that you dive for the volume controls to turn them down, but when the FA finger slips off the button as it invariably does at least 6 times per announcement, the volume resets to feeding time at the zoo levels.
I had the greatest displeasure of flying Ryan Air once where I kid you not they spoke over the PA the entire flight selling everything from phone cards to eCigarettes.
This is an extreme case, but it is how it can feel on QF, especially a short hop international flight.
I would like to add that I am 37, so the claims of grumpy "old" man are not warranted. "Bitter and precious" and probably better put downs if you're looking for one.
Of course I understand the necessity of safety briefings to be made over the PA along with Customs announcements etc.
But to have the blaring in my ears every 10 minutes for the first and last hour of the flight seems a little much.
Surely technology exists to opt out of the more trivial announcements.
If not.. We MUST be able to set the PA so the volume is the same as my IFE when it comes over my headphones.
Is this a gripe of anyone else here or am I on my own?
I mean, does anyone strain forward to hear every word as it flows over the PA system?
If you are one of those people, I doff my non-existent hat in your general direction.
As you may have deducted through your excellent powers of reasoning, I am not one of those people.
I am not riveted to discover the cruising altitude, the availability of duty free or to be introduced to my wonderful cabin crew.
I love my Bose Quiet Comfort headphones and I love the fact I am no longer asked to switch them off during take-offs and landing.
But it has been doing my head in lately how you set the volume of your IFE system to a nice mellow level and relax only to have a PA announcement come through at volumes comparable to standing directly behind the engine at take off.
My biggest gripe is that you dive for the volume controls to turn them down, but when the FA finger slips off the button as it invariably does at least 6 times per announcement, the volume resets to feeding time at the zoo levels.
I had the greatest displeasure of flying Ryan Air once where I kid you not they spoke over the PA the entire flight selling everything from phone cards to eCigarettes.
This is an extreme case, but it is how it can feel on QF, especially a short hop international flight.
I would like to add that I am 37, so the claims of grumpy "old" man are not warranted. "Bitter and precious" and probably better put downs if you're looking for one.
Of course I understand the necessity of safety briefings to be made over the PA along with Customs announcements etc.
But to have the blaring in my ears every 10 minutes for the first and last hour of the flight seems a little much.
Surely technology exists to opt out of the more trivial announcements.
If not.. We MUST be able to set the PA so the volume is the same as my IFE when it comes over my headphones.
Is this a gripe of anyone else here or am I on my own?