New British Airways safety video launched

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• Chris R says:

  18 Apr18 April 11:24

  I get what they’re trying to do here, but the constant cut shots to people NOT being on an aircraft talking about aircraft safety just seems too distracting

  • Andrew J says:

    18 Apr18 April 12:22

    It’s very similar to the Qantas videos that feature their staff in locations around Australia, showcasing the country.

• His Holyness says:

  18 Apr18 April 13:12

  Way too long, that’s gonna get super tedious really fast and pax drift away.
  Manual demo is better: faster, more engaging for crew and pax.

  Thankfully I only need endure BA a few times a year and my eyes shall remain fixed on my newspaper.

  • Jack says:

    18 Apr18 April 16:34

    Nobody would stop flying a airline due to a safety video which is more likely to get people to pay attention to then manually. It is way better than the cheesy videos some airlines have

  • Jordan D says:

    19 Apr19 April 08:10

    You get manual demos on short-haul.

    “my eyes shall remain fixed on my newspaper”, shows you have utter contempt for the staff doing their duties and your fellow passengers. It shows you can’t respond positively to polite requests too.

• James says:

  18 Apr18 April 13:44

  I think it’s great, nice one BA

• paul says:

  18 Apr18 April 15:10

  Before the Disease, there was a time where 4,000 cruise passengers would grab their lifejacket from the cabin, trail the straps down the stairs while trying to put the thing on and then stand in the freezing wind, pouring rain or scorching sun for 30 minutes while names were ticked off and everyone attempted to watch 1 person put on the life jacket correctly.

  Thankfully, things have changed – you now sit at a bar and half watch the safety demonstration on your mobile, registering that you were now of Captain standard in ship emergency drills.

  Why cant airlines get you to watch (or at least say you’ve watched) the safety video from the comfort of the M4 or airport lounge?

  • Bagoly says:

    18 Apr18 April 16:03

    Because if you are in a relevant incident you want to maximise the chances that other passengers really have taken in “Do not inflate your lifejacket inside the aircraft”.
    ISTR some did a few years ago and it contributed to additional deaths – somewhere in East Africa?
    Passengers pushing against the set directions for exiting would be another problem.

    Although I do think there is an argument for exploring adding gamification by having passengers answer MC questions on a screen – what one really wants is that they know, rather than just that they have been told.

• Jack says:

  18 Apr18 April 16:35

  I really like it think it is very well put together and shows off what it means to be British just a shame that some in the comments cannot see that sadly. The comic relief ones were good but prefer this over that for sure

• ChasP says:

  18 Apr18 April 16:35

  Agreed
  95% of passengers know it by heart and 5% don’t care.
  Despite the standard “please pay attention because this plane may differ” bit at the start of all these – because of our familiarity we would probably miss any real differences.
  so 2 questions
  1) if “this plane may differ” how can they use a standard video?
  2) can anyone tell me a major airline which has a significantly difference in safety instructions ?

  • Andrew J says:

    18 Apr18 April 21:21

    That particular video will only be shown on aircraft with Club Suite – a different version will be played on A380 for example, missing out the bits about the shoulder strap and the emergency exit from the Club Suite. So it’s not a standard video across the fleet.

• ChasP says:

  18 Apr18 April 16:38

  If you really think these instructions are important then test people before a flight
  eg 5 multiple choice questions that you must get right before boarding

• E4 Traveller says:

  18 Apr18 April 18:06

  I wish BA would concentrate on the more important stuff, like getting its lazy short haul cabin crew to serve pre-ordered drinks before the seat belts go back on for landing.

  • C says:

    18 Apr18 April 19:02

    Hmmm… so the safety of the airliner, it’s passengers and crew, is LESS important than (your) preordered drinks??
    The mind boggles…

    • E4 Traveller says:

      19 Apr19 April 13:48

      No need for tedious videos. There is nothing wrong with the manual demonstrations they already do, so your mind need boggle no longer.

  • Dan says:

    18 Apr18 April 19:08

    I think you mean understaffed and overworked.

    • E4 Traveller says:

      19 Apr19 April 13:51

      Funny how 25 years ago cabin crew could serve a full meal in economy and do a drinks run in a 60 minute flight. Now they can’t hand out a mini-bag of pretzels and a bottle of water and a few hot drinks in the same time.

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