Delta Air Lines is celebrating its 100th anniversary with a centennial safety video featuring flight attendant uniforms over the years and a special cameo by Deltalina.
Delta Air Lines Centennial Safety Video: A Hundred Years Of Safety
As it continues its centennial celebration, Delta released a new safety video it calls “A Hundred Years of Safety.” The video “takes customers on a journey through the decades of air travel, starting in the 1920s, featuring 11 Delta logos and 10 employees wearing historically accurate pilot stylings and flight attendant uniforms, provided by archivists from the Delta Flight Museum.”
Maya Dukes, Managing Director of Global Brand Strategy, Creative and Social, explained:
“These quintessential uniforms and references not only demonstrate just how much has changed throughout the last 100 years of air travel – including habits, fashion and culture – but that Delta’s commitment to safety has always been our top priority. Our safety video is viewed by hundreds of thousands of customers every day from all walks of life, so it’s the perfect creative venue to honor our history and people while captivating the attention of customers as they prepare for takeoff.”
The safety video features a special cameo of “Deltalina.” Time certainly flies…it’s hard to believe that the first Deltalina safety video debuted in 2008…time flies! No wagging of the finger this time, though.
I like the new video…it’s a nice look back at Delta’s rich history and great uniforms over the years. And I don’t mean to be a “Debbie Downer” here but it’s a bit of whitewash…Delta did not hire black flight attendants until June 1966 when it hired Patricia Grace Murphy, so using a black flight attendant with a 1950s uniform is a bit odd.
In any case, it is a good thing when we learn from the past and Delta has certainly come a long way over the last 100 years from a small crop dusting carrier to the most profitable airline in the USA.
Matt, you may want to recheck the link to the video that’s embedded here. The link to the Century of Flying safetly demo is: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnOLUnExHvw&ab_channel=Delta
The one showing on your post is the actual spot featuring Deltalina from years ago. The 2025 video is fun to watch. JSA
Northwest Airlines was less racist that Delta. Northwest hired Black women several years before Delta, at least as early as 1962. Marlene White was an early pioneer and was Black but named White.
Given the redneck orientation and customer base of the crop duster (even to this day), it’s amazing that they hired an African-American flight attendant as early as 1966.
Matt your DEI obsession is showing. It’s a cool video, leave it at that, and Deltalina makes a welcome return. Air New Zealand inflight briefings still are tops in my book.
Your DEI obsession is showing too. Banning an entire race from employment is not an issue of “DEI”. Mouthbreather