Friday, January 16, 2009

Hudson crash

So, a US Airways plane crashed into the Hudson River yesterday. Reminds me of a flight I was on recently. Because of the horror she effected, I distinctly remember the flight attendant saying exactly this: "in the unlikely event of a water landing"... I think it would be super refreshing to ride on a plane where the flight attendant goes, "Hey, you know what? Absolutely nothing on this plane floats or is flame retardant. Know why? Because we land normally. YEAH."

I also think it's funny that they spend 10 seconds showing you the simple task of how to buckle a seat belt but just kind of tap the safety instructions with their finger when referring to almost every other complex task you'd need to do in an emergency - like popping out a window or inflating a 30-foot slide. Not that it'd be time or cost effective to show all that. But they could just tap an illustration of seat buckling as well.