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| Thread ID: 147363 | 2018-11-23 20:30:00 | More cringe-worthy crap from Air NZ euphemistically disguised as a "Safety Video" | WalOne (4202) | PC World Chat |
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| 1455886 | 2018-11-23 20:30:00 | Patrick "Ask The Pilot" Smith writes some irrefutable sense (emphasis mine): ALL RIGHT, I’ve pretty much had it with the safety demo arms race. [...] This is something of a trend these days, with various carriers attempting to out-cute one another, setting their briefings to music, using animation, adding celebrity cameos, whatever. There’s no denying that airline safety briefings are dull. However, setting all of this ornamental gibberish to music or humor, while it might generate a little publicity and a bit of social media buzz, does not make it more compelling. It also undermines the purpose of the briefing in the first place. If safety is really the point, the briefing should be taken seriously. Here, you’re watching it for fun — wow, like, that’s so edgy and interesting and cool — rather than to learn something that could save your life. The informational aspects of it, many of which are important, are buried in the noise. Not to mention, flying is a noisy enough experience as it is, and airline passengers are already instructed, talked to, and yelled at enough, from the barrage of public address announcements in the terminals to the various on-board spiels (on the last long-haul flight I took, the first 25 minutes after takeoff were nothing but PAs). We don’t also need five minutes of singing and ridiculous performance art. I’m all for airlines thinking outside the box and getting creative. We need more of that, frankly. Just not like this. Here’s a better idea: shrink it. The reason people don’t pay attention to the safety demos is because they are too damn long — a kind of legal fine print come to life. They do contain some important and useful info, but it’s so layered in babble that people tune out and ignore the entire thing. With a pair of shears and some common sense, most of this ornamental gibberish could be trimmed away to create a lucid oration that passengers might actually listen to, and remember something that could save their lives. Hit the bullet points and be done with it. No pre-flight demo, be it a video or the old-fashioned “live” version, should be more than about ninety seconds long. And, of all the blather that is crammed into the typical briefing, one of the most potentially valuable pieces of instruction is frequently glossed over or is missing entirely: a warning that passengers leave their carry-on items behind during emergency evacuation. In the past few years, we’ve seen several runway evacuations during which passengers came down the escape slides with their roll-aboard bags and other heavy items. I cannot overemphasize how dangerous this is. This should be a bold-print, high-emphasis item in any briefing. Instead we get complicated, twenty-step directions on how to use a lifejacket — as if anybody might remember them. I could also mention that while neither is likely, a runway evacuation is a lot more likely than a water landing. A cringe-worthy example is this latest offering from Air NZ Click HERE: Air-New-Zealand-safety-video-the-most-authentically-New-Zealand-yet (www.stuff.co.nz) :eek: |
WalOne (4202) | ||
| 1455887 | 2018-11-23 21:55:00 | Patrick "Ask The Pilot" Smith writes some irrefutable sense (emphasis mine): Wouldn't that be the truth! 10/10 from me. :) |
B.M. (505) | ||
| 1455888 | 2018-11-25 07:10:00 | What is it about? I saw something about putting it (don't know what) under the seat, and the mask (pronounced with an American accent - and I thought this was a Kiwi video) falling down, but apart from that I had no idea what the message was. Surely a safety video should be able to be understood by everyone, not just the younger generation. I gave up watching it half way through.:confused: | Roscoe (6288) | ||
| 1455889 | 2018-11-25 08:20:00 | Their videos won't be complete until there is a 4 minute ad break inserted every 5 minutes. ;) |
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| 1455890 | 2018-11-25 20:02:00 | I have yet to figure out wethr the peson in the green shirt apparently wearin lipstick is male or female. I feel sorry for the Air Hostess if she is one. Can you imagine the shite she will be taking from her mates on every flight. PJ |
Poppa John (284) | ||
| 1455891 | 2018-11-25 20:31:00 | I feel sorry for the Air Hostess. What about the passengers? I'm on a return flight to Christchurch this Wednesday so that means I'll have to put up with this nonsense twice. At least the aircrew get paid for putting up with it ... :( |
WalOne (4202) | ||
| 1455892 | 2018-11-28 07:25:00 | I commented to the lady sitting in the next seat how awful it was. She agreed, but her Mr 11 or so interjected it wasn't really awful, it was "absolutely bloody awful". I like that kid ... LOL But to add insult to injury Air NZ then filled in the short time between video and takeoff with a rap music track. What is with these people? |
WalOne (4202) | ||
| 1455893 | 2018-11-29 01:04:00 | Get to see it for real next Friday. As if going to AKL ain't bad enough .. |
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