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The novelty factor is on the wane after what appears to be an eternity. I hope Emirates' latest installment signals the new trend of 'no nonsense' safety vids.
The Emirates video is another novelty video. It’s an “inside joke” for frequent flyers who are tired of novelty videos. There’s no need to pretentiously announce you’ve made a no nonsense video at the start if that’s what you want to do. It’s not like this is the only one in existence.
As novelty videos go, if they’re well done, like this one or the Air France video, that’s great as it gets more inexperienced flyers watching them and paying attention.
And next we will have a British drama from the 1500s where the Queen is black and her princes Asian. Yay.
These videos are getting excruciatingly long. Not sure about BA, but most airlines run them twice: in English and their national language, making it just unbearable.
People of my generation, and anyone flying low cost airlines, knows that the non-video version is always much quicker and probably just as effective, My thumbs up will go to any airline that can squeeze the whole things into 90 seconds or less.
Ironic that on planes without video screens, the FA makes the announcement over the PA while their colleagues demo it in less than 90 seconds. Sometimes they get through two languages in that time.
BA, oh no - - these are way too long. The prior one, with comedians/stars, was excruciating.
Almost as much as a no nonsense video like Emirates yet retaining some fun. I like the parts with the seatbelts "Like this" .."Like this"..to the point lol. The brace position with the horsemen was hilarious. You have to give passengers some incentive to listen. The Emirates in comparison while trying to be no nonsense would actually have people look away!!
I would say it is so cringe worthy that I am inclined to look away. The Comic Relief safety videos they used way back were funny the first few times, this one is just not funny. It is trying too hard.
Maybe fun (but it is supposed to be an important safety video) but for non English speaking international travelers it won’t mean a lot or even get the message across.
A few years ago I did enjoy Air New Zealand’s safety video which was a group of male crew giving the message in RAP style.