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A passenger reported being initially startled by a flight attendant PA banter on landing until he realized the theatrics were not aircraft related noise.
| Attributes | |
| ACN | 1265264 |
| Time | |
| Date | 201505 |
| Local Time Of Day | 1201-1800 |
| Environment | |
| Flight Conditions | VMC |
| Light | Daylight |
| Aircraft 1 | |
| Make Model Name | Commercial Fixed Wing |
| Operating Under FAR Part | Part 121 |
| Flight Phase | Landing |
| Person 1 | |
| Function | Passenger |
| Events | |
| Anomaly | Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy Flight Deck / Cabin / Aircraft Event Other / Unknown |
Narrative:
Although I appreciate a jovial cabin crew; I suggest the theatrics be limited to non-critical portions of the flight. As among the flight crew; non-essential and distracting banter should be limited to sterile cockpit rules in the cabin; too.upon touchdown; cabin crew used PA system to create noises which; once I figured it out; were imitations of a horse. Although this appeared to delight some passengers; it frightened me for a moment as I thought one of the flight deck crew had a stuck mic on the PA and was expressing fear. As this was a rather non-normal occurrence to an otherwise uneventful touchdown; I truly thought something had gone wrong.I believe cabin crews should observe a more appropriate use of PA during critical phases.
Original NASA ASRS Text
Title: A passenger reported being initially startled by a Flight Attendant PA banter on landing until he realized the theatrics were not aircraft related noise.
Narrative: Although I appreciate a jovial cabin crew; I suggest the theatrics be limited to non-critical portions of the flight. As among the flight crew; non-essential and distracting banter should be limited to sterile cockpit rules in the cabin; too.Upon touchdown; cabin crew used PA system to create noises which; once I figured it out; were imitations of a horse. Although this appeared to delight some passengers; it frightened me for a moment as I thought one of the flight deck crew had a stuck mic on the PA and was expressing fear. As this was a rather non-normal occurrence to an otherwise uneventful touchdown; I truly thought something had gone wrong.I believe cabin crews should observe a more appropriate use of PA during critical phases.
Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site and automatically converted to unabbreviated mixed upper/lowercase text. This report is for informational purposes with no guarantee of accuracy. See NASA's ASRS site for official report.