Airline safety video gives truly bare essentials

Air New Zealand is getting down to the bare essentials with a new in-flight safety video that features flight attendants wearing just body paint.

It's aimed at making passengers pay attention to the often-overlooked airline safety videos shown at the start of each flight.

"We wanted to find a way to deliver these important pre-flight messages to our domestic travelers in a way that was genuine, engaging and fun," said Air New Zealand marketing manager Steve Bayliss.

The safety video was launched Monday on Air New Zealand's Boeing 737 domestic flights (and could expand to other routes). It follows the airline's "Nothing to Hide" ad campaign, which featured pilots, cabin crew and even airline CEO Roy Fyfe wearing just body paint in TV ads this spring to promote the airline's no-hidden-fees domestic fares.

In the safety video, shown to passengers aboard the plane before takeoff, male and female flight attendants and a first officer cheerfully give the safety instructions — where to stow baggage, turn off cellphones, how to use seat belts and life jackets — clad in body paint that mimics their airline uniforms.

Unlike Seattle's body-painted naked bicyclists, who flamboyantly bare all in the city's annual Fremont Solstice Parade, the airline staff are strategically photographed so what's revealed is family-friendly. Careful camera angles keep breasts and genitals hidden behind seat backs, life jackets or strategically-crossed legs.

1 posted on 07/01/2009 3:23:07 AM PDT by Daffynition

Ok....that’s not funny but just creepy....

2 posted on 07/01/2009 3:44:13 AM PDT by nevergore ("It could be that the purpose of my life is simply to serve as a warning to others.")

3 posted on 07/01/2009 4:53:36 AM PDT by SES1066 (Cycling to conserve, Conservative to save, Saving to Retire, will Retire to Cycle.)

If they’re anything like USAir’s flight attendants, don’t wanna see ‘em naked.

4 posted on 07/01/2009 5:32:41 AM PDT by SoothingDave

Yes. I was concerned that it might not be SFW .... but it is. Quite clever that.

5 posted on 07/01/2009 7:42:34 AM PDT by Daffynition ("If any of you die, can I please have your ammo?" ~ Gator113)

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6 posted on 07/03/2009 4:55:52 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/__Since Jan 3, 2004__Profile updated Monday, January 12, 2009)

This has happened to me on occasion. You have to be very careful how they are presented b/c they can leak all over the place. And it's an awful mess.

7 posted on 07/03/2009 5:29:45 AM PDT by Daffynition ("If any of you die, can I please have your ammo?" ~ Gator113)

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