The rapping flight attendant is David Holmes of Southwest Airlines. His popular rap of the pre-flight safety instructions has become a viral video sensation. See the flight attendant rap video and find out more here.

David Holmes has been a Southwestern Airlines flight attendant for six months when he came up with the idea of turning the pre-flight safety check into a rap. He had to write down the lyrics and make sure they were in compliance with all of the F.A.A. regulations.

In an interview, he discussed the reaction of passengers.

“I didn’t know how they were going to react. And, I like to have fun at work, but then people starting getting off the plane and said to me, ‘That’s the first time I’ve ever listened to the emergency instructions.’”

One passenger recorded him on her cell phone camera and told him she was going to put the video on YouTube.

“I said ‘I dare you,’ and two days later, she did it,” Holmes said. “Two days after that, it was already 2,000 hits at the time.”

And the rest, as we say, is viral video history.

Source: Rapping Flight Attendant Has Quite a Following (Visit to see the video report on David Holmes)

David Holmes was also the subject of a report from CNN student reporters. See: CNN Student News Transcript: March 16, 2009

If you can’t see the video above here is the YouTube Link

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