[clintonc]

The bit about taking the safety demonstration out of the cabin is not quite so simple. The author suggests a sort of "driver's license" for planes, so that a person only has to learn about the safety features and procedures once. Unfortunately, there are many different planes out there, and the safety features might be substantially different from one plane to another. (Is there a slide? Is the seat cushion your flotation device, or is there something under the seat? Is there an exit in the back?) One would need more standardization among airplanes before one can do away with repeated safety demonstrations entirely.

[qb]

It could also be a liability issue – you cannot guarantee that the person viewing the online safety demonstration is the same who is going to fly.

[jsnell]

I don't understand that complaint about the safety instructions being a "waste of time and energy for the passenger". If you know the content, just do something else. I pay even cursory attention to them maybe one flight out of 20.

[tomjen3]

I just get insulted that they think I don't know how to operate a belt buckle or that I care about what can be used to float when I am dead because the pilot smashed the plane into the atlantic.

Now if they told me how to operate the ejection seat or how to best overcome a muslim hijacker...