Qantas Safety Demo - Olympic Special

[nlagalle]

Awesome, for some reason the dude on the normal safety video irritates me

Which dude? They changed the intro about 3 months ago and the pilot at the start was really good and fluid. Not like the last one who was a bit disjointed.

 

[gbh]

No... that patronising phrase is definitely gone..

Thank christ. Now I can fly qantas again!

 

[horseman]

Which dude? They changed the intro about 3 months ago and the pilot at the start was really good and fluid. Not like the last one who was a bit disjointed.

Ah well I haven't flown for a few months, but the bloke that was a passenger taking his seat and counting how many rows to the exit etc, I just don't like the cut of his jib..

 

[richie9x]

Qantas have just posted the video on youtube for anyone that is interested.

[video=youtube;R5pTPIc4SF8]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5pTPIc4SF8[/video]

 

[nlagalle]

finally saw it the other day and it is pretty good. I did notice more people watching it.

 

[anat0l]

Qantas have just posted the video on youtube for anyone that is interested.

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Looks pretty good. Clarity has improved substantially.

The life jacket section is still as clear as before, i.e. not very. Why the need to say, "The cabin crew are now demonstrating how to put on your life jacket," when pax should be paying attention to the screen or a crew member anyway, or rather that the next line is, "Slip the jacket over your head..." etc..

Then they go on to say, "(Your jacket) has one red tag and one mouthpiece for inflation." They went to all this long winded detail beforehand and now they simply tell you there are two implements that you can use to inflate the life jacket - the most critical aspect of the life jacket - and that's it? What's so hard in saying, "To inflate the life jacket, pull down on the red tag firmly. You can also blow into the mouthpiece."

And wouldn't it be wise to have a demo sequence (on the video) afterwards of someone actually moving towards a door and just before exiting the life jacket actually gets inflated? Telling someone that you should not inflate the life jacket until you are at a door and the matching graphic is just a person sitting still in an uninflated life jacket is not entirely congruous nor convincing.

I thought it was slightly comical how all the participants in the wide shots were doing some actions all at the same time. Whilst that demonstrates a 'team' (or unity) trait, it also makes them look like a bunch of robots operated with one remote control.

 

[MatF]

I thought it was slightly comical how all the participants in the wide shots were doing some actions all at the same time. Whilst that demonstrates a 'team' (or unity) trait, it also makes them look like a bunch of robots operated with one remote control.

I also noticed that everyone on the plane has a platinum shadow
I guess the old shoulder-to-shoulder barge while looking for your seatbelt wouldn't be a good look.

 

[Platinum A332]

Pretty good safety demonstration. Now, if QF could put the same effort and creativity into their International product, rather than cramming in seats and ripping out bathrooms and closets for Business Class customers.......

 

[flyingfan]

Qantas have just posted the video on youtube for anyone that is interested.

Thanks for the link.

The demonstration's not perfect (QF managed to sneak at least one 'team' back in there) but a refreshing change for the season.

 

[Mattg]

This video was discussed on the new series of Gruen Sweat tonight - and the panel didn't seem to impressed by it...

 

[medhead]

But the gruen team seemed to think the video was actually about safety.


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[serfty]

But the gruen team seemed to think the video was actually about safety.

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So where were the FA's who were supposed to be pointing out the nearest exit(s) ... ???

 

[medhead]

So where were the FA's who were supposed to be pointing out the nearest exit(s) ... ???

Bit of a miss that one. Still as they mentioned the idea was olympic association not getting passengers to pay attention to the safety message, we know that hardly anyone watches the normal safety video.

 

[MatF]

This video was discussed on the new series of Gruen Sweat tonight - and the panel didn't seem to impressed by it...

Well I'm not impressed by 99.9% of advertising out there (I personally think the world would be a much better place with no advertising!), so this makes sense to me.

 

[Mgjdubs]

With all due respect to Steve Hooker, I fail to understand how getting into 'the team spirit' relates to "listening to the safety messages, even if you've heard them before"... I was having this conversation with a lovely WP1 lady sitting next to me a few weeks ago and we both agreed it was a real SMH (shakes my head) moment.

 

[medhead]

Umm, that's pretty easy. The team is everyone on the plane. If everyone watches the video they are all putting in for the well being of the team in the event of needing to use the information provided. Plus of course, it is playing up the team aspect of the Olympics association the qantas is highlighting with the video.


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[Harpoon]

Having not flown QF for a while I saw this olympic video for the first time on the weekend. I nearly needed my vomit bag in the seat in front. This was easily the worst clip of self promotion and vom'ness I've seen on an airline. My wife looked at me and I looked at her half way through with that look on our faces. We both had the same thought of "Did channel 7 produce this?". We both thought only Ch7 was capable of such poorly produced video.

Then I saw this thread with people praising it. Wow. Surprising. I seriously still feel ill having experienced it.

Maybe it's not aimed at my demographic, but wow. Just wow.

 

[StuM]

Harpoon - wait until you see the new Cricket version........

 

[Must...Fly!]

I didn't think the olympic one was *that* bad...

Look forward to the cricket one next week...

 

[The Rok]

My issue with the Olympic video is not the video itself but the length of time it has being running....