I Just Might Have Paid Attention ...

Flown on a lot of planes lately. NEVER listen to the safety instructions - or any of the other times they make announcements or give instructions - even when they tell me I am flying on a different type of aircraft each time. My theory? I ain't lucky enough to actually survive a plane emergency - or that what they are telling me is not exactly going to be all that useful when it comes to crunch time - so I continue to read my book, do what ever ... I eventually at some point in the flight figure out where the nearest exit door is to me ... and that is the extent of my safety precautions while flying.

This? I just might have listened:

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And just a side note - the airlines are getting quite 'creative' in trying to get people to listen to the safety instructions (I know ... that was not the safety instructions he wasn't holding a seat belt buckle to show me how to undo it - because, like, that has always been a problem for me ...). I read an article, complete with photos in Australia about ... I think Air New Zealand. They were so desperate to get their passengers to listen to the safety instructions - they made up an entire flight crew (men and women) - completely naked - into flight attendants and officers with body paint (they looked exactly like the uniforms they normally wear). They then filmed the instructions - noting that these guys were only 'wearing' body paint. You really, really had to look (OK, yeah I was checking things out) to see that they did not have anything on. I'm thinking that: a) it was filmed entirely from the waist up and b) that they had the complete and total attention of 100% of the men ... women I'm not sure ....

I just found the flight film (is Air New Zealand) ... sorry guys - they don't show as much as they did in the photographs in the articles - but still amazing (that they weren't smiling more than they were trying to film this ...)