An Investigation of Factors Affecting Aircraft Passenger Attention to Safety Information Presentations

摘要

Many commercial aircraft passengers do not appear to attend to the safety information presentation given prior to takeoff. This presentation, in the form of the oral briefing given by the flight attendant and the safety information cards, supplies information the passenger may need to increase the probability of safely surviving an aircraft emergency. A questionnaire was administered to 255 respondents who had flown at least twice in the previous two years. A number of factors associated with the way the information is presented, the apparent response of other passengers to the presentation, perceived accident probability, relative adequacy of the oral breifing, and situational and demographic variables are related to whether the passenger reports attending or not attending to the safety presentation. (Author)