A flight attendant reported that their B737-900 seat bottoms cushions were not flotation devices but...

Narrative:

Upon arriving the 'a' flight attendant said she had a passenger ask her if the seat bottom cushions were actually flotation devices like she said during the takeoff announcement. She immediately realized her mistake and told him he was right; they weren't on this aircraft. Since none of us noticed it during the demo...well; I'd like to know since when the passenger actually start listening to the demos? We were surprised to see the new aircraft as we expected a different aircraft. I just didn't listen that close to the demo announcement and didn't notice her mentioning the seat bottom cushions were flotation devices. We all missed it. I would suggest have an extra copy of the preflight bulletin in all our announcements books so it isn't missed. She used her announcement book; just didn't add the new part from the bulletin.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: A Flight Attendant reported that their B737-900 seat bottoms cushions were not flotation devices but a passenger noted that the pre-takeoff PA announcement stated that the seat cushions were flotation devices.

Narrative: Upon arriving the 'A' Flight Attendant said she had a passenger ask her if the seat bottom cushions were actually flotation devices like she said during the takeoff announcement. She immediately realized her mistake and told him he was right; they weren't on this aircraft. Since none of us noticed it during the demo...well; I'd like to know since when the passenger actually start listening to the demos? We were surprised to see the new aircraft as we expected a different aircraft. I just didn't listen that close to the demo announcement and didn't notice her mentioning the seat bottom cushions were flotation devices. We all missed it. I would suggest have an extra copy of the preflight bulletin in all our announcements books so it isn't missed. She used her announcement book; just didn't add the new part from the bulletin.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2013 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.

Attributes
ACN	1050968
Time
Date	201211
Local Time Of Day	0001-0600
Place
Locale Reference	ZZZ.Airport
State Reference	US
Aircraft 1
Make Model Name	B737-900
Operating Under FAR Part	Part 121
Flight Phase	Parked
Flight Plan	IFR
Component
Aircraft Component	Aircraft Furnishing
Person 1
Function	Flight Attendant (On Duty)
Qualification	Flight Attendant Current
Events
Anomaly	Deviation - Procedural Published Material / Policy

A flight attendant reported that their B737-900 seat bottoms cushions were not flotation devices but a passenger noted that the pre-takeoff PA announcement stated that the seat cushions were flotation devices.