The Finger Wag
Jan 4, 2012, 6:19 am
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The Finger Wag
Are you for it, or against it?
Quite frankly, I think there's a significant balding, middle-aged PAX contingent that gets quite excited by Deltalina, and even more so by the finger wag.
Personally, I'll pass, primarily because I see it as condescending, disrespectful and unprofessional.
Opinions?
Quite frankly, I think there's a significant balding, middle-aged PAX contingent that gets quite excited by Deltalina, and even more so by the finger wag.
Personally, I'll pass, primarily because I see it as condescending, disrespectful and unprofessional.
Opinions?
Jan 4, 2012, 6:57 am
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Jan 4, 2012, 7:11 am
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I love the finger wag! I will actually wag along with her - kind of like the Rocky Horror Show. Also, love how sincerely sorry the flight attendant is just before the finger wag when telling a passenger he can't smoke, and also how very happy the life vest guy is when modelling the latest in water-landing gear.
It's the little things!
It's the little things!
Jan 4, 2012, 7:18 am
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I really don't car either way. I guess I do enjoy the fact that some people find it offensive though. On the other hand it's just weird when the guy next to you on the plane who has clearly had a few drinks (nothing wrong with that) does the finger wag along with her and proceeds to act like he's the funniest, hippest, most frequent traveler on the plane.
Jan 4, 2012, 7:22 am
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The finger wag is in reference to smoking on board. Smoking has been banned on all commercial flights in the US for over a decade. So I look at it this way, someone thinking about smoking on board up is being juvenile (not to mention dumb), the finger wag is what ones does to little kids. So it fits.
Jan 4, 2012, 7:25 am
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I love the finger wag! I will actually wag along with her - kind of like the Rocky Horror Show. Also, love how sincerely sorry the flight attendant is just before the finger wag when telling a passenger he can't smoke, and also how very happy the life vest guy is when modelling the latest in water-landing gear.
It's the little things!
It's the little things!
Jan 4, 2012, 7:50 am
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I really don't car either way. I guess I do enjoy the fact that some people find it offensive though. On the other hand it's just weird when the guy next to you on the plane who has clearly had a few drinks (nothing wrong with that) does the finger wag along with her and proceeds to act like he's the funniest, hippest, most frequent traveler on the plane.
Jan 4, 2012, 8:23 am
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Flew 84 segments last year, and never seen the video. Unfortunately I'm stuck on EMB/CRJ/MD's exclusively, with the exception of one 319 segment. Frankly, a video, ANY video would be entertainment for me!
Jan 4, 2012, 10:18 am
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What creeps me out is how happy she is when she says the light on the life vest will automatically activate in the water.
I still think it's one of the better US airline videos. I think placing a commercial before the video is bad for safety as people will tune out the commercial and subsequently tune out the demo.
I still think it's one of the better US airline videos. I think placing a commercial before the video is bad for safety as people will tune out the commercial and subsequently tune out the demo.
Jan 4, 2012, 10:26 am
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I love the finger wag! I will actually wag along with her - kind of like the Rocky Horror Show. Also, love how sincerely sorry the flight attendant is just before the finger wag when telling a passenger he can't smoke, and also how very happy the life vest guy is when modelling the latest in water-landing gear.
It's the little things!
It's the little things!
Definitely a cut above any other safety video I've seen. There are some truly awful ones out there. Best of all, starting out with a male pilot and ending with a female pilot, yeah, that's great!
Already getting very tired of the UA/CO CEO video that precedes the safety video. Bo-o-oring followed by very bo-o-oring.