
John Travolta has been labeled “cringe-worthy” by Qantas’ flight attendants and pilots!
The airline’s staffers are said to be furious about the actor’s cameo in its safety video.
In the three-minute demonstration video, played before take-off on every domestic and long-haul Qantas flight, Travolta refers to them as a “team” instead of a crew.
Qantas cabin crew say a “real pilot” like Captain Richard de Crespigny, credited with saving 466 lives on a crippled flight from Singapore, should deliver the message.
The video opens with Travolta, named the airline’s ambassador in 2010, dressed in a pilot’s uniform and hat, announcing, “This is your captain speaking well, maybe not today.
“But I can guarantee that the guys on the flight deck and the greater team care just as much about aircraft safety as I do.
“I’ve been flying over 40 years as a pilot and I can tell you, there’s no one I’d rather have at the controls than a Qantas pilot,” he added.
Staff have taken to anonymous posts online to discuss their dislike of the Travolta video and called on Qantas to replace the “Grease
” star with de Crespigny, who piloted an aircraft that was forced to make an emergency landing in Singapore in November, sparking safety fears over its Rolls-Royce-built engines.
“Who better than the genuine aviation professionals who saved QF32?,” said one Qantas staff member.
One Qantas flight attendant, who did not wish to be named, described the video as “corny” and “tacky.”
Flight attendants said they also have a problem with being repeatedly referred to as “the team,” not flight attendants or cabin crew members, in the video.
“We feel it’s demeaning to be called ‘the team,’” one said. “It makes us feel like we work at McDonald’s.”
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