New safety video Nov 2018
Jan 6, 2019, 9:31 pm
#136
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I dont think they care too much if you watch it or not....
The problem with that of course is the audio is more painful than the video part...
Jan 30, 2019, 1:36 am
#141
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Jan 30, 2019, 5:14 am
#142
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Not much for it love here either.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertain...ectid=12198619
"There's no doubt this safety video is a complete and utter dud. I've heard stories of Air New Zealand hosts apologising for it during flights. I'm utterly over it, and I'm yet to meet anyone with anything good to say about it. The chorus of hate is overwhelming." "Air New Zealand, it's time to switch the record: your video needs to disappear immediately, before it does lasting damage."
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertain...ectid=12198619
"There's no doubt this safety video is a complete and utter dud. I've heard stories of Air New Zealand hosts apologising for it during flights. I'm utterly over it, and I'm yet to meet anyone with anything good to say about it. The chorus of hate is overwhelming." "Air New Zealand, it's time to switch the record: your video needs to disappear immediately, before it does lasting damage."
Jan 30, 2019, 2:08 pm
#144
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And it is beyond irritating in a way that even the Richard Simmons video wasn't.
Jan 30, 2019, 8:39 pm
#145
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Jan 30, 2019, 10:47 pm
#146
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On the couple of NZ flights I took since viewing this thing once, I deliberately pulled up reading material to cover the screen, wanting to see if it provoked any reaction from the flight attendants. To their credit, it didn't and at least some of them looked very embarrassed by it all. My intention if there had been an intervention, would have been to say that I couldn't understand the video and see what reaction it might provoke. Has anyone tried this yet?
Jan 30, 2019, 11:21 pm
#147
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Jan 30, 2019, 11:38 pm
#148
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It's taken them long enough but it's gone!!!
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertain...ectid=12199374
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/entertain...ectid=12199374
"Air New Zealand says its decision is based on a new campaign to stimulate domestic travel and promote tourism to Northland. "
Spending millions on a safety video to annoy passengers probably didn't help the bottom line.
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/business/...ectid=12198445
They have already cut the prawns and food is worse than before, wonder what else would they cut without someone taking notice.
Jan 31, 2019, 2:05 pm
#149
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A safety video should be brief and professional. If a frequent flyer can recite the dialogue from memory, it's done its job, right?
justakiwi
Jan 31, 2019, 6:14 pm
#150
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Now Stuff have written an opinion piece trashing it. What's interesting is that all the media keep referring ti it as having been "dumped" - and while we'll never really know my personal view is that it hasn't been dumped, it's simply come to the end of it's initial 3 month cycle for a domestic safety video which is in line with the run times of others before they're swapped out.
