Warning from airsteward on landing approach

Goreygal

On a flight back from Birmingham with Aer Lingus yesterday evening we had a very talkative head air steward. He was constantly on the tannoy telling us to contact them if we needed help with x,y,z including how to get a bus into Dublin.

As we were coming into our final approach he gets on tannoy again to advise us the cabin crew were now taking there seats .. and then follows this with "and can I just advise you to take a quick look around the cabin to double check where your nearest emergency exit is".... WTF????!!!


I fly once a week on average for work and have never ever heard an instruction like this coming into land.... I found it amusing but the passenger next to me nearly had a heart attack!

FouxDaFaFa

He may have been a new crew member and just following protocall to the letter or something. I'm sure he unknowingly scared a few people!

macman2010

did he look like this by any chance

Fratton Fred

I've heard them say that, or something similar, several times. They usually add that your nearest exit may be behind you.

Badgermonkey

Was recently on a domestic US flight where the ridiculously gabby steward asked for a round of applause in appreciation of "two of our brave soldiers in uniform" aboard the flight.

Mutton head in the seat next to me glared after noticing I wasn't applauding.
Some crew go OTT, though I've often heard a reminder to take cognisance of EE's on approach to landing.

Davy

Goreygal wrote: »

As we were coming into our final approach he gets on tannoy again to advise us the cabin crew were now taking there seats .. and then follows this with "and can I just advise you to take a quick look around the cabin to double check where your nearest emergency exit is".... WTF????!!!

Got this on EI flight into dublin less then two weeks ago. Thought nothing off it as it was the same day as the crash landing in Cork

Goreygal

FouxDaFaFa wrote: »

He may have been a new crew member and just following protocall to the letter or something. I'm sure he unknowingly scared a few people!

Nope.. he was the senior steward ... just seemed to have verbal diarrhoea

Goreygal

Davy wrote: »

Got this on EI flight into dublin less then two weeks ago. Thought nothing off it as it was the same day as the crash landing in Cork

Ah.. so maybe a new Aer Lingus procedure? Makes sense in that context. But must remember never to fly Aer Lingus with a particular friend though; she freaks out enough on landing and take off without having to deal with her on hearing those wordls

Corkblowin

Had same announcement on flights to & from France last weekend. Guess it's just a new protocol.

Stinicker

Was on an Aer Lingus into Dublin once, was sitting next to this old dear when we had to do a go-around, I thought nothing of it and yer wan and the hubby next to me were mortified, she pulled out a Rosary Bead and the two of them were not one bit happy until we landed. I lol'd inside to myself! Had an annoying steward once who kept bugging me to turn off my earphones even though we were very definitely not on approach, I put them away to shut her up. I guess its like anything else if you fly often enough you will come across all sorts and different situations.

parsi

Goreygal wrote: »

On a flight back from Birmingham with Aer Lingus yesterday evening we had a very talkative head air steward. He was constantly on the tannoy telling us to contact them if we needed help with x,y,z including how to get a bus into Dublin.

As we were coming into our final approach he gets on tannoy again to advise us the cabin crew were now taking there seats .. and then follows this with "and can I just advise you to take a quick look around the cabin to double check where your nearest emergency exit is".... WTF????!!!


I fly once a week on average for work and have never ever heard an instruction like this coming into land.... I found it amusing but the passenger next to me nearly had a heart attack!

Noticed that on my last few Aer Lingus flights along with a more robust seatbelt-wearing inspection .

NOIMAGINATION

parsi wrote: »

Noticed that on my last few Aer Lingus flights along with a more robust seatbelt-wearing inspection .

Yeah the last few times I've flown with Aer Lingus they've said that on approach - and also remind us where our life jackets are sometimes too. Must be Aer LIngus procedure