Delta travels back to the 1980s for in-flight safety video

To ensure that travelers pay attention, the airline has called in the some big hair and some retro pop stars.

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How do you get jaded airline passengers to pay attention to those rote safety demonstrations at the beginning of flights? Make it totally rad!

Delta has taken an ’80s approach to its in-flight safety video, joining the trend of airlines that want to appear as if they don’t take themselves too seriously:

Nothing says 80s quite like Alf, Devo, mullets, and otherwise big hair.

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