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Full Name
  
Katherine Lee


Name
  
Katherine Lee

Nationality
  
American

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Born
  
June 30, 1974
Heidelberg, Germany

Occupation
  
flight attendant, Flight Attendant Instructor for Delta Airlines

Years active
  
1997–2013, 2015-present (Flight Attendant) 1999-2013, 2015-present (Flight Attendant Instructor)

Home town
  
Los Angeles, California, U.S.

Similar
  
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Introducing kat deltalina


Katherine Lee, better known as Deltalina, is an American flight attendant for Delta Air Lines and since 2008 is one of the presenters of Delta's onboard safety videos. The first Deltalina safety video was released in February 2008 and quickly became popular not only on board but also became one of the most-watched videos on YouTube soon after its release.

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Safety video

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The original, unorthodox 2008 safety video made the news in the United States (for example, in USA Today, CNN, Wired), Netherlands (De Telegraaf) and Belgium (De Standaard and Het Nieuwsblad), most articles noting that the unusual humor might make passengers pay more attention to the video.

Critical reception

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In 2012, Martin Grant of Forbes described the "Deltalina" video as the pioneer of the "next generation of safety videos." He noted that the "talents" of Deltalina played a significant role in shaping this new direction.


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This video however, was panned (in the book How to Do Things With Videogames) by Ian Bogost because, in Bogost's opinion, the attention that is paid to the videos is given to Lee-Hinton and not to the actual safety instructions, that the video made her into "a minor celebrity", that "In a weird historical inversion, this very much is your father's Pan Am."

Subsequent Delta safety videos

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In late 2012, Delta Air Lines made two new safety videos in which Lee-Hinton is not the presenter, but in which she does appear in a cameo role, admonishing against smoking on board with her famous finger wag. This flight attendant had started to return to the public in May 2015. However, starting in June 2016, the video was no longer displayed as part of the reboot of the Delta safety videos.

List of public appearances

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  • 2006: Lee modeled in May–September 2006 presentations and photo sessions for new Delta Air Lines' flight attendant uniforms.
  • 2007: Lee appeared giving live safety briefing in the May 22, 2007 episode of The Ellen DeGeneres Show when the entire show took place aboard a Delta flight.
  • 2008: In September, Lee shot a series of humorous instructional videos for the Atlanta Falcons football team, shown on the large screens at the Georgia Dome in advance of each home game. The videos' theme was "Delta Safety First".
  • 2009: In March, Lee helped celebrate the opening of the heliport atop the W Hotel Downtown Atlanta, accompanying developer Hal Barry and his wife in a helicopter which landed there, kicking off the party. Tycoon Barry, inspiration for the protagonist in the Tom Wolfe novel A Man in Full, intended to commute between downtown and his estate 50 miles (80 km) further south. In the same month Lee appeared both in print and video to help kick off the relaunch of Delta's inflight magazine, Sky.
  • 2010: Lee appeared in a video for the Carter foundation. Also in that year, she did a video to promote Sky Priority benefits for frequent flyers.
  • 2011: In March, Lee appeared in a video for the 2011 Adobe Summit orientation. In August 2011, Lee appeared in a series of promotional videos for Healthe Trim's diet supplements. On December 14, 2011, She also appeared on CNN offering travel tips.
  • 2012: In March, Lee was onstage at the 23rd Annual GLAAD Media Awards. In November 2012, she appeared in a print ad for the Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau, which appeared in Delta Sky Magazine. In the same month she also appeared in cameo role in a promotional video for the Atlanta Convention and Visitors Bureau.

    • Personal life

    Lee was born in Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Germany, to a Puerto Rican father (died in December 2013) and an American mother. Her father was in the military, and the family moved around a lot. Lee graduated from Stone Mountain High School in Metro Atlanta in 1992.

    Lee is currently living in Los Angeles, California.

    References

    Deltalina Wikipedia
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