text: Captain Travolta John Travolta lends his talents as a Qantas pilot and movie star in this Qantas in-flight safety demonstration video. 
   
   A NEW Qantas safety video introduced by Hollywood actor John Travolta has been labelled "cringeworthy" by the airline's flight attendants and pilots, who are annoyed he calls them a "team" instead of a crew. 
   
   The three-minute demonstration video, played before take-off on every domestic and long-haul Qantas flight, has angered cabin crew who say a "real pilot" - like Captain Richard de Crespigny, credited with saving 466 lives on the failed QF32 flight from Singapore - should front 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." 
   
   Staff have taken to anonymous posts on online chat forums to discuss their dislike of the Travolta video. 
   
   They called on Qantas to use Captain de Crespigny. 
   
   "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 say 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." 
   
   Another staff member said he had expected more from the video in the wake of recent safety disasters. 
   
   "The whole thing seems to make the safety message seem trite," he said. 
   
   A Qantas spokeswoman said they had received only positive feedback from staff and customers. 
   
   "We're really happy with the video and we think it's really engaging," she said. 
   
   
   
   Latest News: Cockpit fire forces Sydney-bound Qantas Airbus A330 to force land in Cairns ||||| John Travolta's new introduction to the Qantas Airlines in-flight safety video (played on all domestic and long-haul flights) has been dubbed "cringe-worthy" by Qantas staff, according to the Sunday Telegraph. Travolta appears in a captain's uniform saying cheesy things "this is your captain speaking--well, maybe not today" and calling flight crews "teams." 
   
   Flight crews ripped Travolta (who flew his own Qantas Boeing 707 to Australia last November), as not being a "real" pilot, according to news.com.au. One staff member said that "the whole thing seems to make the safety message seem trite." 
   
   Maybe it's not best time to point out that Oprah had Travolta arrive on stage in a captain's uniform in a make-shift Qantas plane when she announced her surprise trip to Australia last fall.
target: – John Travolta's latest leading role isn't going over too well with Qantas airline's crew. The actor, clad in a pilot's uniform, opens the airline's three-minute safety video, announcing, "This is your captain speaking—well, maybe not today." (Click here to watch the video.) He continues, "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." Among the crew's complaints, as reported by Australia's Daily Telegraph: Referring to flight attendants as "the team:" Says one, "We feel it's demeaning. It makes us feel like we work at McDonald's." Considering the recent safety issues, the tone is too light: "The whole thing seems to make the safety message seem trite." Travolta wasn't the right choice: Some staff felt Captain Richard de Crespigny, who was at the helm of the failed flight from Singapore, would have been the better pick. "Who better than the genuine aviation professionals who saved QF32?" It's just plain lame: Or "corny," "tacky," and "cringeworthy." A Qantas rep called the video "engaging" and said all feedback had been positive.