Very Loud safety announcement

[Dyslexic traveler]

Hi all just returned from Brisbane last night on QF 637 in seat 2f, a new 737-800 it still had a new plane smell, as we taxied out to take off the safety briefing began and the volume was almost eardrum bursting I looked at the Flight attendant who said that the sound could not be reduced and looked embarrassed by his inability to turn down the volume, It's so loud that I put on my noise cancellation headphones and it was still very loud.

Has any one experienced this?

 

[medhead]

Yes. Painfully loud. I'm not sure what is worse that or the couple of times I hadn't been able to hear a word the pilot was saying during the in flight brief.


Sent from my iPhone using Aust Freq Fly app so please excuse the lack of links.

 

[Kendall Roy]

Agree.... also appears to be some lag in the PA announcements when listening via headphones....

 

[stomplad]

Yes what is it with that? Ridiculously loud, including pilot announcements during flight. And no volume control?

 

[quark]

Yeah they do seem to have turned up the volume lately, however I would prefer to hear them properly (even loudly) than not hear them at all, which used to happen a lot.