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John Travolta is ruffling some feathers of the Aussie airline's staff for a "corny" and "tacky" safety video he shot that runs on Quantas flights.

The 57-year-old flying enthusiast, who owns his own Quantas Boewing 707 and is an ambassador for the airlines, opens the video saying, "This is your captain speaking. Well, maybe not today. But I can guarantee that the guys on the flight deck and the great team care just as much about aircraft safety as I do."

Many staffers object to Travolta using the word "team". 'We feel it's demeaning to be called 'the team'" Quantas employee said in an online forum. "It makes us feel like we work at McDonald's." Others have called the vid "tacky", "corny" and "trite."

Still more are calling for Travolta to be replaced altogether with Sydney-based pilot, Captain Richard de Crespigny who was credited with saving 466 lives on a Quantas flight from Singapore last year when part of its engine fell off.

John's last feature, From Paris With Love, only took in $24,000,000 at the US box office and no one even wants to see him on an in-flight safety video? Sounds like Travolta should call up Tarantino and ask him to script his second comeback!

See the video below...