You have NEVER seen a safety video like the Virgin America safety video

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• Max says:

  28 Sep28 September 09:39

  Personally I like it. I think it has the right combination of information, entertainment and humour.

  No safety video is going to meet universal approval. Older customers, more conservative customers, those who have limited insight into modern culture are not likely to want to watch this.

  But I am sure, overall, many more customers will watch this than a more “standard” video and that is therefore a success.

  • Worzel says:

    28 Sep28 September 19:04

    Sorry Max (and others)- there’s no place for entertainment or humour in a Safety Briefing!

    Get the safety info in your head, without all the peripheral rubbish, and, in the unlikely event that you (and others) need to get out quickly you’ll be better prepared!

    • Max says:

      28 Sep28 September 22:52

      We shall have to disagree on that then. The simple fact is if it is not interesting it is not watched. You don’t have to be told that- it can be seen on virtually every airline during the safety demo- the majority of passengers are not taking a blind bit of notice.

      • Worzel says:

        29 Sep29 September 17:17

        Get the safety info in your head, without all the peripheral rubbish, and, in the unlikely event that you (and others) need to get out quickly you’ll be better prepared!

        • MurphUK says:

          30 Sep30 September 08:45

          I seem to recall some studies that many people recall song lyrics better than spoken words, so using this format may help get safety into heads other briefings cannot reach.

        • Rob says:

          30 Sep30 September 10:07

          I’ll tell you something … having seen this video numerous times now, both on the flight and then testing it in various browsers after I wrote the article, it is definitely stuck in my head …. what my German wife translates from something or other as an ‘ear worm’.

• Mark2 says:

  6 Oct6 October 12:29

  The Virgin video is impressive a couple of times but must get very wearing for the cabin crew.
  Maybe because I am an engineer the Icelandair video impressed me most: very clever graphics, stunning scenery and (real) woman.

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