When you fly as much as I do it is really hard to pay attention to the safety instructions given at the beginning of the flight… especially if the instructions are giving in multiple languages and are underscored with light and relaxing music.
The one treat however is to see how each airline handles their safely briefing… and well… so far Turkish Airlines is my favorite… when it comes to a comical presentation.
First of all… their video is excruciatingly long (as you will see in the embedded video). However, there are moments of brilliance, mainly due to their use of computer animation coupled with a non-computer generated guy in a box signing everything for the hearing impaired?
My two favorite parts of the video take place at time marks 1:50 and 4:47.
1:50 – This part contains instructions for using infant seat belts when the infant in traveling in your lap. I love how the curious computer generated infant watches the headless mother strap it in and then look up at the camera. Every time I see it I am expecting the infant to give a pick smile and thumbs up to the camera.
4:47 – At this point, almost five minutes in, I had totally lost my concentration and was recounting what I had learned before regarding my nearest exits just in case my boredom morphed into the need to escape… however, when I heard the word toilet Turkish Air regained my attention. Their freakishly long video has a section on toilet safety. Now, most airlines mention their no-smoking policy and will mention that the policy also applies to the lavatories.. but that’s pretty much as far as the potty talk goes. Turkish’s 3D animated toilet safely portion totally caught me off guard and made me laugh out loud.
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