Virgin America’s Dancing Flight Attendant

By: Ben Schlappig

Published: March 1, 2014

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In October Virgin America released their very Glee-esque safety video “dance.” It was certainly attention grabbing, though I can imagine it getting old after a few flights. And it’s damn long as well, in my opinion.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DtyfiPIHsIg

Today I also randomly stumbled across a Virgin America flight attendant that seems to dance to these safety videos. At first I found just one video and assumed it was either set up or a one time thing:

But nope, there’s another video of him doing it on another flight, so I’m guessing this is his schtick:

Someone’s trying to give the rapping Southwest flight attendant a run for his money:

So, what do you guys think — entertaining and engaging, or absolutely dreadful? Sometime tells me people will have a strong opinion on this one way or another.

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Ivan Y Diamond

March 5, 2014, 11:09 am

The VA guy is awesome! Did he really do a vertical split?! @ Lucky - thank you for the Southwest rapping FA video -- it's pretty awesome too.

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Cara Guest

March 3, 2014, 8:40 am

@Arnel - I know the video I posted was for their PR, but there are tons of videos posted by normal people who have seen the dancing FAs. I myself have flown Cebu Pacific prior to the "dancing FAs" gimmick, so obviously did not see it in person, but I have friends who have seen them. I'm not sure they still do it though, probably not.

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Ken Guest

March 2, 2014, 4:22 pm

That's Michael "Mikey" Tongan. He was the FA in first class on a flight I took LAX-SFO last week, and yes he did the safety video dance on our flight as well. He definitely had the attention of all the passengers, and earned an enthusiastic round of applause at the end. Furthermore, he was very friendly and personable in his interactions with passengers and crew. And once we were in the air, he provided perhaps the most efficient and attentive service I've ever received on a domestic flight. So roll your eyes if you will about the dance, but I'd love to see more flight attendants bring his level fun and passenger service to their jobs.

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john Guest

March 2, 2014, 1:49 pm

no profit but money to burn..

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Arnel Guest

March 2, 2014, 10:58 am

1. VA's Dancing Flight attendant has a lot of energy and must love attention! It is a bit tiring. I hope his service during the flight is as energetic and positive as his dancing. 2. "Cara", Cebu Pacific's FA's dont perform the Safety Dance on their flights. The ones on the internet are for PR. If you watch the videos closely, they're already at cruising altitude. Again, it's just another gimmick from the Philippines. I've flown Cebu and they dont "dance in the aisles".

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