lol, no offense taken, I realize your intent was to make people laugh...

though their apparent disconcern for the safety of their passengers makes me very wary of flying into china anytime soon!

I believe the word your looking for is called:

Nacelle?

hehehe, he said rubber!

I was flying on an Alaska 737-200 series aircraft from Anchorage to Seattle once. That was one of the most entertaining flights in a jet aircraft (jets are not as fun as cabin class twins). Not only was the day beautiful, but the oil streaming from the number 2 engine was coming out about the speed that I pee (for lack of better description). I got lucky that trip and got the window seat about 3 seats behind the trailing edge of the wing (my favorite place, I can see the engine and all the control surfaces, and some ground too). I showed my father, and we agreed not to tell my mother...... After we landed, I let the flight crew know that they should check the oil cap and inspect the left engine for oil leaks.

It was clean oil, and it was coming from the top of the naccell, so I asume it was a pressure leak from the system, not the engine.

I agree.  Flying is the safest form of travel as it rarely goes wrong, when it does you are more than likely to be history.  Providing life jackets to people who have hit the water at 500kts+ in a disintergrating 747 is as sensible as giving a decapitated corpse mouth to mouth imho.

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Hmm...could be 'pylon'.

That Chinese flight attendant's attitude may seem irresponsible, but most people ignore the safety briefing anyway, and in the event of an emergency, whatever they heard is forgotten as everyone panics. The hardest part of any attendant's career is dealing with the mayhem when that happens. Many airline fatalities are related to very survivable accidents where people die from smoke or fire because they freak out. 
My M.O. with commercial flights is to always reserve a seat just behind the wing (most likely to survive in a crash) and  note the location of the exits .I find the  one with the most competent and/or fit-looking  people sitting near it, and  if we overrun or crash or whatever, I'm going out that door. Period. I'll even take a sec to make sure I can find it in the dark or in smoke ("four rows, turn left", or whatever). It's a damned good idea to read the directions on how to open said door, also...don't wait till there's a fire, and everybody's  trying to get out at the same time.