A recent parody by the comedy performance Funny or Die (slightly NSFW) calls to attention whether humorous safety presentations actually do more harm than good.

Most of the funny ones are tough to pull off, as Delta's would attest, and needs to fit in with the airline's overall image, not a one off. The safety announcement requirement dates to the 1960s ...

Dark, graphic and funny: LA Metro launches edgy safety campaign videos By Jovana Lara, via Monday, June 27, 2016 ...

Turkish Airlines uses Lego characters to star in the carrier's latest safety video. It is only the latest effort by an airline to make the videos more entertaining.

Experienced fliers usually tune out pre-flight safety videos with a“seen-one-seen-‘em-all” attitude (guilty). Instead, we take the moment as our last chance to update Facebook before free ...

Airlines know well that frequent fliers tune out the familiar in-flight safety messages. These new efforts to present funny-yet-informative safety videos are getting some well-deserved attention.

The history of funny in-flight safety videos began in 2007 when Virgin Atlantic set out on a mission to “make flying fun again” and released an animated effort. Other airlines followed suit, and in ...