This is sort of a pet peev of mine.. we do announcements about that we're ready to push back, announce that we're number 46 for takeoff, now we're number 3 for takeoff.. the FA's follow all of these announcements with theirs, then its the top of climb and top of descent announcements, seat belt announcements in between, credit card announcement, that we're waiting on a gate announcement, that our gate is open and about to go park announcement..

By the time all this is done no wonder why the safety announcement gets tuned out by passengers.. or if we were to announce an impending evacuation, what percent of pax would tune that out like every other one? Each of my previously mentioned announcements are important in their own place, but over the flight as a whole we should be careful about how many we make. The PA should be thought of as an emergency device, because to a degree it is and may need to be used as one... Stuff like credit card sales degrade the value of a PA.

Just my thoughts on credit card PA's.. but then again Visa isn't paying me to make one..