Captain took off before the emergency demonstration was completed.

Attributes
ACN	197171
Time
Date	199112
Day	Fri
Local Time Of Day	1801 To 2400
Place
Locale Reference	airport : lax
State Reference	CA
Altitude	agl bound lower : 0 agl bound upper : 0
Environment
Flight Conditions	VMC
Light	Night
Aircraft 1
Operator	common carrier : air carrier
Make Model Name	Medium Large Transport, Low Wing, 2 Turbojet Eng
Navigation In Use	Other Other
Flight Phase	ground : preflight ground other : taxi
Flight Plan	IFR
Person 1
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : first officer
Qualification	pilot : atp pilot : flight engineer
Experience	flight time last 90 days : 200 flight time total : 6000 flight time type : 200
ASRS Report	197171
Person 2
Affiliation	company : air carrier
Function	flight crew : captain oversight : pic
Qualification	pilot : atp
Events
Anomaly	non adherence : far other anomaly other
Independent Detector	other other : unspecified
Resolutory Action	none taken : unable
Consequence	Other
Supplementary
Primary Problem	Flight Crew Human Performance
Air Traffic Incident	Pilot Deviation

Narrative:

Pushing out from gate at lax, captain may have rushed cabin attendants a little too much in order to get passenger to phx in time to make their connecting flight to hou. Cabin attendants had to finish their emergency demonstrations once we were airborne.

Original NASA ASRS Text

Title: CAPT TOOK OFF BEFORE THE EMER DEMONSTRATION WAS COMPLETED.

Narrative: PUSHING OUT FROM GATE AT LAX, CAPT MAY HAVE RUSHED CABIN ATTENDANTS A LITTLE TOO MUCH IN ORDER TO GET PAX TO PHX IN TIME TO MAKE THEIR CONNECTING FLT TO HOU. CABIN ATTENDANTS HAD TO FINISH THEIR EMER DEMONSTRATIONS ONCE WE WERE AIRBORNE.

Data retrieved from NASA's ASRS site as of July 2007 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.