Originally Posted by
mahasamatman
Don't show travel destinations. Don't try to be cute. Safety videos should have only one "theme" - safety. I will continue to ignore any video that exists solely to massage a filmmaker's ego and ignores actual safety content.
And that "joke" has been around since 1973. Just keep it brief and to the point. I know most Southwest and Virgin FAs are failed standup comedians, and that's one reason I don't fly them.
There is no even remotely plausible scenario under which a "filmmaker's ego" was involved in the production of this UA safety video.