An in-flight Air New Zealand safety video, which had been branded sexist, has been replaced.

The film featured models dressed in bikinis demonstrating safety procedures with airline equipment.

Australian Natasha Young began a Change.org petition which called on the airline to stop using the video.

"This video completely disregards passengers who find it offensive," she said.

... I dunno about others, but I found it better than many I've seen on other airlines. Not sure why that is ...  ...

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Having watched the in-flight safety video I can see how an element of the feminist brigade would certainly react negatively to the film. Air NZ have only themselves to blame for missing a few tricks that would have got this great idea past these reactionaries:

a) instead of using actual swimsuit models they should have selected some real female cabin crew member volunteers
b) they should have also had a 50/50 male/female presenter line-up in swimsuits
c) and not included the swimming pool scene from LA - way too sexually orientated
d) finally cut the forth member of the canoe crew sneeking a look at the girls

Pity, the creative concept was a good one, and, I'm sure the flying public would have paid a great deal of attention to such a safety film. After 30+ years of flying on business I no longer pay any attention to the on board safety films - that refreshing approach to the subject would have most certainly grabbed my attention.

I liked this one:

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athelstan wrote:

Having watched the in-flight safety video I can see how an element of the feminist brigade would certainly react negatively to the film. Air NZ have only themselves to blame for missing a few tricks that would have got this great idea past these reactionaries:

a) instead of using actual swimsuit models they should have selected some real female cabin crew member volunteers
b) they should have also had a 50/50 male/female presenter line-up in swimsuits
c) and not included the swimming pool scene from LA - way too sexually orientated
d) finally cut the forth member of the canoe crew sneeking a look at the girls

Pity, the creative concept was a good one, and, I'm sure the flying public would have paid a great deal of attention to such a safety film. After 30+ years of flying on business I no longer pay any attention to the on board safety films - that refreshing approach to the subject would have most certainly grabbed my attention.

Good point

On another note about flight safety, I am only to happy to be held up a little bit at Heathrow in August by these extra checks. I would rather have the peace of mind that extra security checks are being made. I will only be taking my iPhone and my camera and both will be fully charged up at the hotel the night before the flight.

I have been using flight radar since the new checks came in just to see when our flight actually takes off as it is scheduled every day at 11:15am. Today it was about 11:45 but a couple of days ago it was 12:10. I can live with that. LL.B (Hons) - University of Derby
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