DL's New Inflight Safety Video
Feb 21, 2008, 6:49 pm
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Actually, I find this to be highly obnoxious. Most people don't smoke anyway, and most smokers don't violate the no-smoking rules on planes anyway, so this smarmy tone is condescending and unnecesary. I guess if the flight was full of teenagers it might make sense to use that kind of tone. But I don't think the typical business traveler or retiree appreciates being talked to like that.
I know you will probably tell me to "lighten up", and I probably should. But the whole trend towards cutesiness in corporate America is really tiresome.
I know you will probably tell me to "lighten up", and I probably should. But the whole trend towards cutesiness in corporate America is really tiresome.
Feb 21, 2008, 6:51 pm
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Actually, I find this to be highly obnoxious. Most people don't smoke anyway, and most smokers don't violate the no-smoking rules on planes anyway, so this smarmy tone is condescending and unnecesary. I guess if the flight was full of teenagers it might make sense to use that kind of tone. But I don't think the typical business traveler or retiree appreciates being talked to like that.
I know you will probably tell me to "lighten up", and I probably should. But the whole trend towards cutesiness in corporate America is really tiresome.
I know you will probably tell me to "lighten up", and I probably should. But the whole trend towards cutesiness in corporate America is really tiresome.
Feb 21, 2008, 7:09 pm
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Feb 21, 2008, 7:48 pm
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Everyone...
...is entitled to their opinion.
Actually, I find this to be highly obnoxious. Most people don't smoke anyway, and most smokers don't violate the no-smoking rules on planes anyway, so this smarmy tone is condescending and unnecesary. I guess if the flight was full of teenagers it might make sense to use that kind of tone. But I don't think the typical business traveler or retiree appreciates being talked to like that.
I know you will probably tell me to "lighten up", and I probably should. But the whole trend towards cutesiness in corporate America is really tiresome.
I know you will probably tell me to "lighten up", and I probably should. But the whole trend towards cutesiness in corporate America is really tiresome.
Feb 21, 2008, 7:56 pm
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Feb 21, 2008, 8:05 pm
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Surprise this hasn't been mentioned, yet, but DL has posted a version of their new inflight safety video on Youtube. Check it out here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgpzUo_kbFY
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MgpzUo_kbFY
TFD
If you want to check out some hot FAs in a video, check out Kingfisher Airlines. And NO, they are not real employees, they are models....^^^
Feb 21, 2008, 8:50 pm
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Feb 21, 2008, 8:56 pm
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You think THAT IS BAD....I've downloaded it and put it on my Treo 755p so I can show it to random family/friends/strangers/etc....
Feb 21, 2008, 8:58 pm
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seatbelt guy (the pax) looks fine to me....the pilot in the PREVIOUS safety video, at the beginning....HE looked like a child predator to me...(not that I know what one really looks like...but just looked a little TOO happy/eager etc)
Feb 21, 2008, 9:04 pm
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Viral Marketing idea....
I can TOTALLY see the finger wag catching on...imagine sitting on Delta flights and those of us who fly a lot and have seen the video way too many time actually start DOING the finger wag along with Deltalina during the video....
The finger wag could totally be like the secret delta hand shake...
Any other MIT alum reading this...kinda like at LSC when everyone yells out "Monday...IN STEREO!"
Last edited by Burj; Feb 21, 2008 at 9:35 pm
Feb 21, 2008, 9:07 pm
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OH... TFD = "Task Force DL"?? Why pick that as flyertalk name?
RE: the name, it kind of just popped into my mind... If you seriously want to critique names, there is much fodder here
seatbelt guy (the pax) looks fine to me....the pilot in the PREVIOUS safety video, at the beginning....HE looked like a child predator to me...(not that I know what one really looks like...but just looked a little TOO happy/eager etc)
RE: the name, it kind of just popped into my mind... If you seriously want to critique names, there is much fodder here
seatbelt guy (the pax) looks fine to me....the pilot in the PREVIOUS safety video, at the beginning....HE looked like a child predator to me...(not that I know what one really looks like...but just looked a little TOO happy/eager etc)
TFD
Feb 21, 2008, 9:25 pm
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Sorry, You have to realize I am from Utah, and our state liquor board makes sure we are on our way home from our clubs at 2am. Liquor isn't served after 1am, thus the music is pretty good at midnight. And I like this music.
Feb 21, 2008, 9:26 pm
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Who is Delta Freak?
Delta Freak,
First off thanks for the post and information... I take it that you had something to do with this video? Can you elaborate? Do you work for Delta, or for the company they hired to produce the video?
In any case it is really great that you are reading this forum and contributing, we appreciate it...
So a bunch of random comments/questions:
1) You do agree that O2 guy's hair does need a little help in the video...but then again 99.9999% of people are NOT going to notice his hair as it is only noticeable for like 1 second on the video...
2) I like the music as it is a good "background" music and is not boring/normal. The old music sounded just like the generic corporate music used by everyone else. So is it possible to get the "soundtrack" of the safety video with out the audio? (Wow, I am a geek aren't I!)
As an aside about Airlines and music....United's use of their music is really great branding...anyone who hears those notes instantly thinks of UNITED. I almost wonder if this would make good background music to play while the plane is taxi-ing before taking off or after landing? This could help with the corporate branding of Delta as "young/hip." If any of you have ever traveled on Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) they have this great "ethnic" music that instantly evokes "Pakistan" that they play when the plane is taxi-ing...can be heard here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Kw88FPBl8A
starting about 25 seconds into the video....
3) Which at first I didn't really "get" but then when you do the split screen and show the BACK of her to show the nearest door might be behind you...WOW, definitely noticed because was not like anything I've seen in safety videos before... I think that (along with the wag and the tooth sparkle) people will remember.
4) Well I can't say enough THANK YOUs to cover this...honestly for people who notice (most likely international pax) it does make Delta seem more sophisticated/worldly
Wow I think this is my longest post ever....but hopefully there won't be another new video for quite a while as this one is pretty nifty!
-Burj
First off thanks for the post and information... I take it that you had something to do with this video? Can you elaborate? Do you work for Delta, or for the company they hired to produce the video?
In any case it is really great that you are reading this forum and contributing, we appreciate it...
So a bunch of random comments/questions:
1) You do agree that O2 guy's hair does need a little help in the video...but then again 99.9999% of people are NOT going to notice his hair as it is only noticeable for like 1 second on the video...
As an aside about Airlines and music....United's use of their music is really great branding...anyone who hears those notes instantly thinks of UNITED. I almost wonder if this would make good background music to play while the plane is taxi-ing before taking off or after landing? This could help with the corporate branding of Delta as "young/hip." If any of you have ever traveled on Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) they have this great "ethnic" music that instantly evokes "Pakistan" that they play when the plane is taxi-ing...can be heard here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Kw88FPBl8A
starting about 25 seconds into the video....
Wow I think this is my longest post ever....but hopefully there won't be another new video for quite a while as this one is pretty nifty!
-Burj
Feb 21, 2008, 9:36 pm
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1) At the beginning she says "MOBILE phones" should be off, not *cell* which is AWESOME because MOBILE is what everyone else in the world calls them and technically "cell" is short for "cellular" which was originally an old ANALOG technology...so really "mobile phone" is the better term. However because so many people (mis)use "cell phone" some how that is the norm in America
Feb 21, 2008, 9:37 pm
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