@Mentour You didn’t comment on the part at the end about leaving seat belt sign on for no reason just so the crew doesn’t have to serve you. I have NO flight attendants in my family but I was kind of annoyed by his statement. Surprised you let that slide given that your wife is a former flight attendant

Just one small point the odds of any given flight being in an accident are closer to 1 in 1,000,000 the reason this is significantly more likely than dying in one (The 1 in 11,000,000) figure is that most people do survive even when there is an accident. In fact, a significant majority of those accidents are entirely non-fatal even more than it appears at first glance as in the unlikely event of an accident being serious enough to cause any loss of life at all they tend to be multiple fatality incidents.

Mentour, just want to ask, if you are in between flights, do you venture to airport lounge and grab bite to eat, what is the local cuisine be? If you have time, would you do films on specialities of many airports you flew into, what you do for fun while you are there.

Would be interesting to discuss between life vests and parachutes which would be more effective at saving lives in reality

@@yamafanboy interesting question but parachutes would likely save 0 lives. Accidents where the planes completely fall apart in the air would give no time to don chutes. When the plane doesn't completely disintegrate but ends up hitting ground/water at high speed (i.e. total loss of life) it is so out of control that even if you could don the chute you would not be able to get to the door or out of the door safely. Plane traveling too fast for a safe exit. I am not an expert but I am Airborne qualified and I remember how much the planes had to slow down to make it safe for us to jump. Plus, aircraft used for parachuting have designs that allow you to miss things like the wings, horizontal stabilizer, rear mounted engines, etc that you would likely hit if you jump from a passenger aircraft. Plus, chutes are much larger than life vests so where would you put them. Chutes also require some practice just to put on and you have to open them before you get too low so they can deploy but not too high or you will suffer hypoxia (lack of oxygen). Altitude triggered opening devices have to be activated while at altitude because you can't auto-activate them or they would all open when descending for a landing, i.e. another thing that the average passenger won't know how to do and won't learn from a safety video which most people don't pay.attention to anyway so the airline wasted a lot of money (chutes cost way more than life vests) for nothing. Plenty more reasons why chutes are not a realistic idea but I will stop there. If you really want more info, do a Google (or Bing, or Yahoo, or whatever) search on the topic.

LOL. Although the “usually” is correct because if the crash is not too severe and the plane is relatively new, it is sometimes repaired and put back into service

I made it a point to thank the captain for his excellent landing during a period of turbulence just before touchdown. He was remarkably stunned and thanked me profusely!

Never say "crash" to a pilot lol

Legend

@@AndrewSteitz I think there was one aircraft that crashed 3 times.. if I remeber it correctly it was a dc10. The last time nobody survive.

Has anyone ever done that

@@patrickpower2215 yes I think so, at least they've taken pictures of evacuations and crashes.

patrick power An ukranian A321 had both engines shut off minutes after take-off due to bird strikes. It landed in a corn field gear up. Passengers got off the plane casually and took pictures. Nobody seemed to be worried about gas leak and risks of fire.

Gosh...

@@patrickpower2215 Also in the case of Singapore Airlines flight 368, that happened. It didn't really impact the evacuation but still, the right engine was burning up...the video is here on KZfaq (also I'm sure it was posted after the evacuation).

Lmao

I'm curious, Petter, if you can guess the airline and the airport?...

@@navelpicker Well, since you mentioned the fjord, I guess Norwegian. I have no idea about the airport through, because the only one I know in Norway is Gardemoen.

@@ElSvanto Not too far off, but a little further out west.

Hi, So Reykjavik is hard to land in then, or are we talking about Nuuk? Sorry I forgot Färöarna. Do they have an airline? Yours, Ann

It's funny to me because I always know how to react in stressful situations, but I'm completely lost when everything is calm. I may have undiagnosed ADHD or something like that

@@chrisb9143 - maybe. I have ADHD. In calm times, I'm bored. In a sudden high stress situation, the adrenaline surge does something to me and I can do stuff. It's weird. And I tend not to panic. Which is good because if you're panicking, you're not thinking, and if you're not thinking, you're a danger to yourself and everyone around you.

I thought the same. One could even say “in the last second”. Of course what they mean is “in the last 8 minutes of SCHEDULED flight.” Kind of like the “my keys/whatever are always in the last place that I look.” Well, yeah because once you find them you stop looking. Really it should be “the last place I would have expected”

Same problem always happens in the kitchen as well, overcooking or burning the meat also happens in those cursed last few minutes!

Except when they don't. There were a few incidents where, after it first went wrong (and I don't mean something like bad service, I mean actually with the flight itself, and somewhat obviously), the plane kept flying for significantly more than 8 minutes. As just one example, I seem to recall a story of a flight - I think it was a jumbo - where something happened to cabin pressure I think, and the pilots failed to put on their oxygen masks. After that, the flight went on for a long time, with ground failing to convince the crew to put on the masks, and lots of passengers phoning their families and writing last wills, until it finally found a mountain (and not in a good way). Or there's the one on 9/11 where they fought the hijackers and went down in a field somewhere, that also took significant time.

@@AndrewSteitz LMAO thats actually smart, I've never thought about it in this way :D

"Technically, all terrain impacts tend to occur within 0-30ft AGL".

if only that was the case i would just say hand out some darwin awards. But if they inflate it inside, they will block everybody behind them.

I've thought about that too but I think for a lot of people (especially people who are already afraid of flying) all that would stick is "oh no, I'm going to drown!" Safety stuff like this needs to be short, clear and to the point, so that hopefully if you're actually listening what sticks if an emergency happens is "that safety briefing told me what to do in this situation. It's been thought out ahead of time, I shouldn't worry or panic, I just gotta follow the steps and I'll be ok"

The biggest problem if you inflate the lifejacket inside the aircraft it that it's really pretty bulky when inflated which makes it far more difficult to move around and evacuate.

People already don't listen to the 2 minute version. You think they'll listen to a half hour version with physics and anatomy lessons on why you need to get your mask on first(just an example. Now apply that to everything in the briefing)? In an emergency situation, do as you're told. You're being told by someone who knows why.*oxygen mask pops down* hey, why do I need to put mine onnnn......*passes out* that's why. After the fecal matter has dissipated from the blowing device then you can ask why. You don't need to know why. You just need to know what to do.

Ye a child would want to here every way they could die to the detail

I think some people look upon them as servants, but they're highly trained and they're there to save your arse if the plane goes down, so give them some respect.

@@sapphireseptember I agree. I respect anyone that takes part in the flight of my plane. Even though I don't fly often. My longest flight was from Chicago to San Diego.

@@sapphireseptember Yes, I've come to realize that the cabin crew are highly trained individuals. My hats off to all of them. I'm sure they deal with alot of arseholes too. Haha

Unless the plane you’re flying in breaks apart violently in the air, or explodes, you can take comfort in knowing that you will almost ALWAYS survive the fall during a complete stall, or even if the plane is nosediving towards the ground with zero chance of recovery! Ironically, while you will most certainly survive the fall, you most certainly will NOT survive when the plane stops falling!

It's a bit like standing respectfully during the national anthem of your home country... Or the person up the front at church saying a prayer... You're supposed to be thinking about what's being said and how your life fits into it.

❤️🙏

Yes, that’s the correct answer

@@MentourPilot All RAF transport aircraft used to have rear facing seats, I assumed for safety reasons? Easier to brace, plus no copping it from overheads opening and depositing their contents!

@@MrChrisStarr Correct, the same is true for all vehicles, regardless if equiped shoulder and / or lap safety belts...

I thought the rear seats were better because G forces aren't as strong

@@civlwrbuf g force the same but force spread over whole area of seat vs a couple inches on your lap

Memorable in a crisis!

And it worked as intended. It drew your attention to it, and you memorized it. Perfect saftey announcement imo in that regard.

Lol

The plane just crash landed. Thick smoke everywhere. You turn around to locate the exit and there is a stalker with a hockey mask, stabbing you in the neck.

@@tiberiu_nicolae sounds like a regular monday to me.

This was one of 2 things i kept from a German TV-Show about flight accidents. Count these rows. 2nd thing was: The chances to survive decrease with each row. when youre away more then 7 rows then the chance falls to less then 50%. I refuse seats more then 7 rows away from then next emergency exit since then. worked so far ;)

I always thought I'd worked in travel too long because I would count seat rows to exits, and count hotel room doors to exits. Good to know others do it too.

Interesting. Ever heard of OCD? Just kidding))

I'm not a firefighter, but ever since I watched the video of the Station Nightclub fire, I always look at where the nearest emergency exits are when I'm in a public place.

Better to be safe than sorry.

One I'll never forget was a cheeky flight attendant doing a funny safety briefing who said about locating your nearest exit, "just like the baddie in a horror film, it may be behind you". 😜

I was also hopeful for the reaction on that one but he's a bit too professional for that.

@@matthewellisor5835 I think in real emergency, the pilot can escape through the window if normal exit is blocked.

@@chnet968 Not safe if the plane is on the runway, it is pretty high up on most planes, meaning you will at best break your bones...

@@michalsoukup1021 some airbus have a ladder in the front

@@foty8679 That I did not know, thank you for enlightening me.

Yeah! Godiva! Yummm ! :)

Great idea!

@@MentourPilot if its a smooth landing pilots get the chocolates

It wouldn't be a bad idea to include some sort of ultra calorie dense food in every life vest, It really helps to have some if you're in the water or cold for a long period.

Just fly SWISS, the chocolate is already there 😉

Yesb but several have slammed their tails into the ground in a bad landing and snapped the back off while everyone else survived. So, roll those dice.

Ghosts of JAL 123: Welcome👻

Asiana Airlines Flight 214

@@eldoolittle im pretty sure the original comment was satire

And 99.9

@@Flightsimmovies yea it somehow suggests something is very good (also depending on the Situation) but when you think about it it means one in a thousand.

@@Flightsimmovies 99.9 is same as 50% for most people. Either something is absolutely sure either way or it has 50% change of being either one. If you really understand math, you are not part of the common people nowadays.

@something like that : . . . there are 10 different types of people: those who understand binary and those who don't . . .

@@MikkoRantalainen . . . that wasn't different 10, 50 or 100 years ago and it will not be in the future, too . . .

Extremely informative! Thank you!

We think we know enough until yet another gem of information comes our way. More grist for us jet-set Granddads' mill. Thanks. (ex Fish-head Navy).

I thought that opening the door was supposed to start the flow of oxygen, but that there was a chance that this wouldn't work, and that the lanyard was a fail-safe.

Is it possible to yank it too hard that it possibly damages something connect to the mask?

Tangeni Shikukutu excellent question, I wonder that too!

The fact that he communicates clearly and professionally is actually part of his pilot training (and, I assume, a huge part of his trainer certification). In an emergency, every word you say has a cost in time and attention required to both say and hear it. Communicating clearly inside the cockpit is a big part of CRM - everyone has to know what's going to happen, when, and how; you have to be sure that you're clearly stating your intent. I'm not trying to diminish his skill, for he's clearly very good at it. I'm just saying that he sort of _has to be,_ and your life may depend on his ability to do this (enough accidents happen because the pilots can't communicate effectively, for one reason or another).

Yeah this is the kind of pilot you want flying your plane! Even though it’s statistically improbable that you will be involved in a crash, if there is a major emergency, the pilots knowledge and abilities can certainly make the difference between life and death. Pilots skills and ability to remain calm and make good decisions can widely vary with different pilots ! Think “Miracle on the Hudson”! Or the time Denzel flew the plane inverted and saved lives ;) On another note, I’ve always wondered why all passenger seats don’t face backwards??? 🤔

I’d shove her to the floor and walk over her.

Came here to say that. Ppl will remember easier if they know the reasoning behind the procedures...

Last time when I still have to chance to fly. I try to find the vest and stuff under the seat. I didn't feel it. I didn't bend down a lot, but that's definitely not easily reachable. I wonder if it's a good idea

@@li_tsz_fung In some aircrafts the vests are above the seats or under the front seat. First/Businesses class seats are completely different topics. That's one of the reasons why listening to the safety instructions is so important.

@@li_tsz_fung I'm not 100% sure, but I think you are not required to have them on board if you are not flying over water. So if you're flying with an airline that operates mainly over land, they might not have them in their planes.

I just realized why this is important Imagine how in the middle east children are equipped with an rpg or a bomb vest and told "to give the Americans a hug" but not "go hug the Americans so we can blow you up" or "point this at their truck and press this button" That's brainwashing 101

Also it increases your chances of motion sickness

It was the same with the RAF in the UK.

@@cilantrocat For me it decreases.

@@tek87 Huh interesting

When military cargo plane carries passengers, they will be facing inwards, because they fit more with their legs together, not for survival

Areant? they bomb resist

The important thing there is that the fire-resistant seat material is less likely to spread the fire to the rest of the aircraft. In a situation like that there's nothing you can do for the poor suckered in the blast zone.

I always direct questioners to Mentour. He would know the answer.

i read that a few years ago and i thought no ones ever seen that book. now i find out its a normal mass printed book

Yeah hypoxia is no joke

On that note, would it be helpful to hold your breath until you have the mask on and oxygen is flowing, so you don’t breathe out the oxygen-rich air in the mean time? I mean, it’s not that hard to keep hold breath for more than 12 seconds...

@@littleguffel seems like a good idea. normally i can hold my breath for 2-3 minutes. but in a situation like that it wont be as long.

МРЪСНА ГАЗ now that I‘ve read a bit on it, people say it‘s no good idea, because it looks like the difference in oxygen pressure between your lungs and the surroundings can a. rupture the alveoli in your lungs, making them useless for transferring oxygen to your blood and b. will cause the remaining oxygen in your blood to flow back to the surrounding, to balance out the differential oxygen pressure... So no good idea actually

Now take that concept and extend it to counting the doors between you and the fire escape as the first thing you do when you get into a hotel room. Same logic, when you need to get out the visibility may be low (although hopefully the hotel will still be the right way up!).

Also have a plan B and C in case the door does not open which happened in at least one case or the door in unavailable such as there is a fire on that side or the plane is tilted in the water.

@@calvinsambrook4171 The emergency lights marking the way to the closest exit are battery operated and the functionality and renewal is checked by the anual check of the firedepartment. if there is so much smoke that you can barely see them then you might be safer in your room. Nowadays smoke is so toxic you take two breaths and loose consciousness.

try this yourself. turn your head upside down and try to navigate your house, its way harder. now imagine that when you're drowning...

But surely as you crawl along in the dark, all you need do is find where the seat spacing is bigger !

Yes, I've heard that too

This is about what I was thinking when he said it wasn't true. But I would imagine that being in or right near the emergency exit is best for survival strictly because you're in or near the exit and you can get out faster.

Structurally speaking, the strongest part of the aircraft is where the wings are attached. So in the case of a standard Airbus or whatever, that's near the middle, which is also where there's at least a couple of exits. BUT in the case of something like ditching into the ocean, or crashing into a mountain, all bets are off.

Casey Amos - if everyone inflates their vests immediately it will displace the water making the plane float.....

brown-eyed man we’ve had to learn that lesson because of mass shootings.

@@brentbeacham9691 ohh yes... because there are mass shootings every day, left right and center.

@@brentbeacham9691 more like because of idiots walking out in front of vehicles and trains too busy to look. thats the main thing that happens if you ALWAYS are on your phone. and it might get robbed off you as well.

Not exactly emergency exits, but if I'm in a bus I have a rough plan for if it rolls

And here we have your typical idiotic boomer who hates people on their phones.

Yeah I agree seeing airplane seats on a beach is puzzling and amusing at the same time

Yes, good attention-getter. The worst thing about the other video was the pooh-poohing of seat belts. Seat belts are very important for many routine reasons. Life vests rarely come into play, but seat belts are important on every flight.

Oh, and Southwest's safety briefings often have some humor in them making them a little more interesting.

Sadly the channel that made that video, has released a new video a few months back about eco tourism. And if you look into the comment section well sadly he seems to be agreeing with people who rather there not be tourism anymore and people shouldn't be allowed to go explore far off places anymore.

New Zealand had LoTR did a video....hilarious ❤

Exactly

I do this as I walk down the aisle - it's far easier to do it before sitting down than when seated, and one gets a feeling for the exact locations.

The point made about counting the number of seat rows to the exit is one thing that can make a real difference. Ideally you should do it to more than one exit because the nearest exist may be unusable for some reason.

I prefer to look after everyones seated and the doors are shut. I look for the nearest exit, but i also look down the rows for the least congested exit. i may be only 6 rows from the overwing exit, but the seats may be all full, and there may be only 10 people behind me to go to the rear exit, which may be 10 rows back.

An airline I used to fly regularly (probably VOZ) used to say "take a moment to count the rows to your nearest exit" in their cabin briefing. They also regularly said "a light and a whistle for attracting sharks".

True

I think this is true for some subset of people. Maybe 5%? The rest will just find some other excuse. Like “the reasons make no sense” or “I disagree with the reasons” or “I didn’t pay for a ticket to have to listen to a science lecture” (some people treat anything more technical than lighting a match as if it was a lecture in general relativity).

WarpFactor999 things were the same on my first MAC flight over to Germany in 95. Things hadn’t changed on my last one before retiring either.

In the Navy if you would be flying at least 4 hours, aircrew got a boxlunch very similar to what you describe, however it included a cigarette 4-pack. 1963 this was.

Respect to you vets

Same for me, but my flight was ‘Dago to Keesler.

Its not like you don't deserve the information they are trying to give you

Updates! Not to be missed!

It's been a few years so my memory may not be the best, but I believe the last time I was on a flight, part of that section of the safety speech did say to identify two or three of the nearest exits in case the absolute nearest was inaccessible. I know it was at least two, one in front and one behind your seat, though I may have self-inserted the third one in my mind because I'm paranoid about that kind of stuff (I'm the kind of guy who identifies the most likely exit points most people will rush to in a crowded room then plot out at least two alternate escape routes for when the crush of people blocks the most likely ones)

Usually it's in the opposite direction

It actually is a good idea to look for the nearest emergency exit... if you are free to chose your seat during boarding. Why? There you have more room for your legs and knees during flight.

You know what? At the beginning of my business career I had to fly a lot and after a while ridiculously I felt cool being a person flying a lot and pretending not to be nervous or even amused, but just so cool that it bores me to fly, sociologist I am. How dumb. It was even a task to look bored as I could be while the security video was shown. Pffftttt…. Just for these childish frightened tourists. But I grew up and recognised this as dumb as f….. Today, even I flew much, I pay very attention to every security video and take this all serious. I do not have to show anybody that I flew Michaud that I am not frightened. Why? Is this something you can be proud of? No its just my personal situation. So being attentive while the security instructions is just smart and shows not that you are frightened. And if you would be, what’s the problem? I am scaredy as hell by spiders. And this makes me no weaker. So no issue to be nervous in a plane. I would even say, it is normal.

Add a leather jacket with a hood in cold weather. Wool is also a good choice.

Nylon pantyhose burn on slide out of plane.

Shearling jacket?

I'm amazed at how many people wear slip-on shoes, flip flops, etc. on planes.

@@CharleneCTX I suffered a 3hour when pax next to me took his shoes off. We pretty much died. the Stewardess got me a different seat at one point. to this day, that was still my worst flight ever.

Not a pilot, but: you should always be seated on a window seat in order not to block the exit for walking passengers next to you. The flight attendants should take you and pull you through the aisle and push you out the exit. In an emergency situation, every second counts, so it’s a rather brutal and potentially painful process, but it is effective.

@@ThePragmatist839 Thank you for clarifying that.. I will be hopefully taking a few flights once this pandemic thing is over.. wish me luck!.. (Phil)

Hi Phil, I'm a flight attendant based in the uk, if we were in that situation we would be aware of where you are in the cabin, if we had any notice of an emergency we would ask able bodied passengers around you to help you get out and then of course we would check the whole cabin we would get you out. If it was no notice we would check the whole cabin and make sure you get out then

Catherine Canavan ... thank you so much... I feel more confident to travel now I’ve heard how it would work.. (Phil)

@@WheelchairWonders glad to hear hope to see you in the skies soon then ✈

I've been in hotels where the exit was locked or blocked. At the very least unlimited.

@@margiewinslow872 Happened to me in a hotel in Turkey. The fire escape stairway was completely blocked. The manager explained that it was only for a few days during construction work...

Blocking fire escape routes is an absolute no-no. Any competent hotel organization will react to it appropriately and swiftly upon being informed. If a manager tells you “oh it’s for a few days only” you need to say “I’d rather not see you at my funeral” and ask for a cancellation and a refund. And that’s one of the few cases where it’d actually be totally warranted, vs. the more usual case of the guests just being absolute pricks.

Emergency situations DON'T arise frequently.

Some automate the safety and other announcements, probably to avoid that rushed boring repetition thing, but then they can seem too manuafactured and false instead... even patronising, and you lose the personal touch. Jet 2 like to say "HAVE A LUUUVLEY HOLIDAY" - They seem to think all their passengers are working class notherners (narrater has a north of england accent) - Maybe they have a southern one at southern airports? lol

@@lxdimension have you ever been to the Schiphol Airport? Their choice of English for official announcement is also a strange colloquial English, by a working class voice. Not the best understood variant of English for foreigners.

Same 😆

Thanks for the smile!

yeah. this is a lot more dramatic but because of that we are far more likely to remember it and pay attention to it

Unfortunately, the complacency of people exists in most of your average everyday situations. I believe people have simply been "dumbed down" due to their own individual consistencies. People tend to take the path of least resistance, therefore not having to think as much, rather relying on the "norm" in their lives. Critical thinking is out the window and many are blind to logic.

This safety video panders to people's notion that they should value anything that is taught to them simply on the virtue that they will know more than what the system wants them to know, even if the information being given is incorrect. It's the same mentality that flat-earthers or antivaxxers have, although this safety briefing is not as flagrantly misleading as those other beliefs.

This is brilliant.

I usually give them bacon and a cigarette......

I hate it when people say this. Its complex maths to work out which is safer and depending on approach you’ll get a different result. For example: If measuring deaths per mile are you considering is it miles travelled for every person onboard or just 1 times for the transport in question? 100 miles could be 100 miles travelled by a car with four people in it, or it could be 400 miles travelled in terms of transporting four people 100 miles each. Same for a plane which could travel 20000 passenger miles safely. Throwing the stats off. Or, is it per hour? In which case walking is the most dangerous thing on earth because traveling 100 miles by walking would take hours while flying would take no time at all. I know it’s silly, it just bugs me. And most of the time people don’t measure these stats in the same way for each method of transport. They’ll say, 1 out of 11mil planes crash or whatever and then compare the death rate for car accidents, not scaling up for mileage or time. I actually do think flying is safer, particularly if you only fly once or twice a year, maybe even if you did fly as much as you drove. It’s just, stats man. Don’t tell me i have a higher chance of dying in a car accident on the way of the airport because (according to some googling) I don’t. This only started really bugging me cos of COVID, if here one more person try compare the death rate of flu and COVID I’m gonna scream. Pls excuse my rant. I don’t mean any offense by it. Say what you will to your friends and family, it’s none of my business really 😅 I feel better now. Thanks. You’ve been lovely.

@@kmhkennedy No matter how you look at it, air travel is the safest mean of travel out there. Be it hours, distance, passenger-miles, probability. Pick your method, a commercial plane will come on top.

@@kmhkennedy "It’s just, stats man. Don’t tell me i have a higher chance of dying in a car accident on the way of the airport because (according to some googling) I don’t." You talk about people comparing improper measurements to come to false conclusions, and then you confidently assert a claim... Without explaining what measurements and statistics you're using. Wow. Great job. Now I have no reason to believe that you're not lying or spouting bullshit.

stupid comment is stupid

I'm only a private pilot, but I'm also a police officer. One thing I've learned over 15 years on the job, sadly, is that most people can't rationally deal with the thought of a life threatening emergency on their own (Hence my job security). If the airlines actually explained the reasons and importance of why passengers should heed and pay attention to the safety briefing, many people simply wouldn't fly. The thought of a life or death situation would be too much for them to handle. For example, I was taking to one of my dispatchers today (I'm in California where we are currently dealing with numerous wildfires). She said a lady called the police department frantically about whether she needed to evacuate. (She didn't.) Then she frantically told the dispatcher that she checked the county emergency operations website and it told her to "have a plan" in the event she might need to evacuate. The woman was hysterical and told the dispatcher that WE (the police) should tell her how to make her plan. The dispatcher offered some common sense ideas, but then told the caller that SHE needed to come up with her plan based on HER situation. The woman freaked out and yelled, "I can't make a plan!" Sadly, this is all too common with people nowadays. Too many people can't think for themselves or take any responsibility for their own safety and also can't bear to think of anything happening to them that runs counter to their expectations that everything will always be great. I think most people tune out the airline safety briefing because they simply can't bear to think of their flight being anything other than what they wanted and expected it to be. And by the time they realize something has gone wrong with that expectation, they panic and demand someone hold their hand through everything that comes next because God forbid they actually take the time and effort to help themselves. The airlines are understandably afraid to cause a passenger to come to the reality that sometimes the only thing that might save them in a real emergency is their own perseverance, preparedness and situational awareness. This is too much for most people to handle because we coddle everyone these days to expect everything to go well, and in the event it doesn't, someone else will save them. Its a shame, but in my experience, a lot of people have this mindset.

Liar

@@leejamiemellor the first or second guy?

Shrek second

You give too much credit to fear and too little to education.

The plane was and couldn't stop bullets?

@@dr3w660 yep!

Add in everybody being in full battle gear and vomiting into their helmets, and you described my paratroop years

If you survived the crash, you probably used up your luck, so don't be disappointed if your ticket doesn't hit.

So if I win the lottery, don’t fly for a couple years?

Thats a brilliant idea. Remind the passengers that they will be locked if an accident happens so there’s no point trying to rip them open.

On the other hand, you might get one or two nitwits who wil try and open them and not give up. 90 second will pass quickly then.

Cost probably

@@Karsten3 90 seconds also pass fast when bags are a little stuck in the overhead. Better than the current atleast.

Weight, and complexity. Just another thing to have to maintain and a lot of weight that doesn't really buy you that much.

I test the seatbelts in cars I get into (especially if it's a taxi). I get reactions ranging from mild amusement to actual anger ("it's not a toy!", "don't break it!" etc.). I don't care. It's _my safety_ on the line, and I don't want to find out that the seatbelt was faulty _through a painful injury._ When I was a kid, other kids laughed at me when I wore a bike helmet while riding. But that's the thing: it's not _their_ safety on the line, it's _mine._ Laugh all you want; I'll be laughing _afterwards._ That check may be the most important action you've ever taken. If I _knew_ that being laughed at would be the price I'd pay for surviving (or not having to ride around in a wheelchair for the rest of my life), I'd schedule 5 minutes every day for that laughter, and _gladly._

This reminds me of that Iranian girl called 'Hope' who was the only survivor of a ditching that wasn't even so bad, but the poor thing couldn't get an inflatable jacket because all others frantically sought to get one and inflate it INSIDE the plane. All passengers but she died inside the plane, unable to get out because of those jackets made for the OUTSIDE that kept them above the doors

Good post, Sabrina. Sorry you only got airborne three times. A small note on your flotation device: people always assume they will be able to swim to safety like a freaking Olympian! Not so, my friends. Sudden immersion in rough or cold water can paralyze you like a tree stump. A few years ago, my float home flipped over and threw me in the frigid water. No problem, I bobbed up like a cork. Now to swim to safety... Um, no. Cold water turns you into a chunk of ballast, bobbing around like a Soprano's victim. So, back to that flotation device. When you are stunned and frozen, I would suggest that little sucker could be your Best Friend! A little respect for our humble little floating companion, please. Ciao! PS:Almost like Wilson from that Tom Hanks movie.

And on Southwest you may miss an act worthy of a Vegas nightclub.

The thing that scares people about is that if a serious accident happens there is a hundred percent chance of dying whilst you have better odds in a serious car accident

@@proteus3034 You can have both 100% fatal car crashes and 100% survivable plane crashes. Though I'm sure the proportions don't match. But then again, if you look at proportions, you might as well look at the overall statistics, which are much safer for planes.

It’s the opposite for me. If I knew the pilot I probably wouldn’t trust them as much 😅 Then you’re aware of how human they are and how they have bad days too and make mistakes sometimes.

stats say an average of 7500 people die on highways every day around the world

When I'm driving I feel safer because I'm in control. It's a false sense of security though.

Unless there are boats and other rescue craft right there, such as Cactus 1549 on January 15, 2009. Man, it does not seem that long ago, but that was over a decade ago.

Drink 2 bottles of Whisky, that'll keep your arms and legs from locking up after a few minutes so you can keep swimming for hours and keep warm, like the chief baker on RMS Titanic. One of the only people rescued from the water. There's a joke that he made it his personal mission to make sure Titanic would go down with as little alcohol as possible. He only left his cabin to raid the kitchen twice and when water finally entered it. Rode the stern all the way down and walked over the hull as she turned over in the final plunge and alledgedly didn't even get his hair wet when he stepped into the water. Last or second last person to get pulled out of the water (he later found a table to balance on. Despite his arms and legs being underwater for 2 hours he had no injuries, didn't loose a finger or anything.

Their ears predict the word "moon" and only send to the brain the error (difference between what is heard and predicted).

The jokes increase the appeal of aviation safety video to general audience

What a bummer it wont be shown in an actual flight

I did too, and learned a few very important things I didn't know. This video is boring me to tears.

@@lizfinkelstein1323 I just feel that many ppl here do not have sense of humor

It was a bit cynical and tasteless at places. It could be redone better.

You get one, but its bad... :D they say for safty reason you dont can bring food with you and instead they serve dogfood to you...

@@Blackbirdone11 The safety reason behind not bringing your own food is because extreme food allergies exist. A young woman was left unable to speak and in a wheelchair because some dickwaffle snuck a bag of peanuts on an allergen-free flight. One more exposure to peanut particles *will* kill her.

@@hauntedshadowslegacy2826 no...every gram you bring on, means fuel consumption. so...be informed guys, is about the money. it has ALWAYS been..about the money but im moving to a farm soon. bye Capitalism, woohoo! finally get to live.

I imagine the the flight attendants would go flying up towards the ceiling if the pilots did the dive right away.

That's when below cruising altitude, which is just about under 35k feet, the highest permanent settlement is La Rinconada at ~16k feet. Presuming that you're below this altitude, you might have trouble breathing but you can still function fine. So it’s fine but uncomfortable to wear it below cruising altitude but once you reach you’re a certain altitude you’ve gotta put the mask on... Which is literally what the other video said. :P

Eli Wesley I mean, my main point is that even if something happens, there's still a chance you can be saved before Hypoxia sets in, it takes around about 5 minutes for it to set in. And I’m no expert but declining altitude is much easier than climbing. And I will admit, I am wrong about Hypoxia. But the mask is the seatbelt, the plane is the breaks. Both save lives. But I am not qualified, I am just a human. If you’re a qualified Doctor with a degree and you’re certified to fly commercially then, yes, you’re right.

@@bootleg0012 Yes, and even the "death zone" can be survived for some minutes. I mean, well trained alpinists even go up Mount Everest without oxygen. At 22000 ft the SAVE zone starts, the zone where you will never die, at least not of aspiraxiation.

Paramedic here. Cellular hypoxia in the brain takes around 4 minutes to begin onset of mild/moderate/severe (depending on patient) permanent damage in healthy adults. Unconsciousness will start approximately 15 seconds after sudden interruption of an oxygen supply. Anyone with pulmonary issues can have problems regaining consciousness normally even once they reach a more oxygenated environment. Some conditions require careful administration of oxygen afterwards due to their body lacking hypoxic drive because their chemoreceptors rely on carbon dioxide to regulate their respiratory cycle.

In case your flight becomes a cruise.... Southwest flight attendant.

I think it was a bit of tongue-in-cheek briefing, but it had a lot of valid points as well.

How did you see the vid before it was uploaded?

Ethan's Aviation Patreon.

@@abbysnowmist Ahhh ok

It could also be that they've flown in that same model aircraft umpteen times. Were I scared of flying, which I'm not, I'd be worried about somebody wasting time in front of me whilst trying to exit. A safety video won't change that.

When airlines do simulated evacuations in order to be certified, they fill the plane with High School athletes wearing sneakers, so 90 seconds is Very ambitious.

You’re not the only one. I also always pay attention 👍🏼

Duke and duck? It's spelled 'duct', because it was originally used to fix neither dukes nor ducks. But I am not blaming you only. Nowadays fewer and fewer people know the name of the thing.

FYI: Duck tape is an actual product/brand. And yes, they sell duct tape under that brand too! It’s of course a play on words, and many people who say “duck tape” don’t really know that there is real Duck Tape.

Yes! I'm not the only one! Is it the "neopolitan" thing, or is it reminiscent of some iconic ice cream parlor?

You know what? Yup.

Mei it make me want layer cake.

Haha, hey it does! I didn’t think that at first- weirdly I thought of Mary Poppins - when the kids do the fair thing and have cotton candy- I know weird. But now I see the ice cream too😂😂

vondeliusc I wonder how many people do not know what “loss of air pressure” really means. I’m sure that many wouldn’t want to admit that they have only a vague idea. I like the idea of an online test but not with the loss of flying privileges. That would be much too complicated.

They say “Pull down ‘firmly’ to start the flow of oxygen.” I think that part goes over most people’s heads. I flew on SouthWest once and was seated next to a small child. After the briefing, the FA came to me and said directly, “Put on your mask before you put hers on.” It wasn’t my child, but I thought it interesting that they made sure parents heard that part. When they say, “In the unlikely even of a water landing...”, I think “landing” should be in air quotes.

Statistically, life jackets and oxygen masks are extremely unlikely to be used, but since they're there it doesn't hurt to know how to use them. Getting a lifejacket wrong (inflating too early) could be quite a bad thing. Getting an oxygen mask wrong probably won't matter too much (if the plane makes an emergency descent) but it doesn't hurt to get it right. The seat belt buckle and exit row location are probably more important. The reason I ignore many safety briefings is because they've been made by a $2 million ad agency and any useful infotainment is buried in a mountain of trendy bullshit (Air New Zealand I'm looking at you). I study the seat-pocket safety card instead.