Qantas Airways has found itself in a bit of a mess after being accused of showing an ‘extremely inappropriate’ movie on all the in-flight screens.
Lately, you might have heard the term ‘raw-dogging’ being tossed around when it comes to flights, even if you didn’t really want to.
Not the best in-flight experience, right?
A Qantas Airways passenger has complained about the in-flight entertainment(AaronP/Bauer-Griffin/GC Images)
The flight was travelling from Sydney, Australia, to Haneda Airport in Tokyo, Japan, yesterday (October 5).
A Reddit user named u/MariKontan shared their experience in the r/QantasAirways thread.
And ‘after a one-hour delay, the pilot decided to take off anyway, but the only option left was for the crew to play a movie on every screen’.
Let’s be real for a second—choosing the right entertainment for everyone is no easy task.We’ve all been in that situation where someone hands over the aux cord, and suddenly you have to pick a song that’ll please everyone.
But for the Qantas crew, the decision was even trickier.
All screens were allegedly playing the same movieGetty Images
According to the Reddit user, the film ‘was impossible to pause, dim or turn […] off’ once it started playing.
So, they were stuck with whatever was on.
Unfortunately, the movie that ended up on the screens wasn’t exactly family-friendly.
Qantas Played an Inappropriate Movie to the Whole Plane – No Way to Turn it Off!
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The passenger on the flight went on to say: “Here’s the kicker: the movie they played was extremely inappropriate.
It featured graphic nudity and a lot of sexting – the kind where you could literally read the texts on screen without needing headphones.
They even shared three images of ‘the scenes’ from the film.
Though the images only showed the sexting parts and not the nudity, it still felt like a repeat of the original problem.
They talked about body parts, what they wanted to do, and how it made them feel—basically, nothing you’d want to see on a family flight.
The Reddit user then asked a valid question: “How is this acceptable for a major airline? Has anyone else had something like this happen?”
One person chimed in, saying: “Wtaf lol. I believe this is the flight attendant version of ‘flipping over your desk and dramatically storming out’ on your last shift.”
Another added: “A single movie played to the whole plane? What year is it?”
And another person pointed out: “That is actually insane, like surely when you get the list of movies available you choose the least likely to offend. Like Finding Nemo or Despicable Me. How do you choose a movie that’s for mature audiences? Bizarre, definitely worth Qantas getting big questions about.”
Responding to the situation, a spokesperson for Qantas Airways told UNILAD: “The movie was clearly not suitable to play for the whole flight and we sincerely apologise to customers for this experience. All screens were changed to a family-friendly movie for the rest of the flight, which is our standard practice for the rare cases where individual movie selection isn’t possible. We are reviewing how the movie was selected.”
