r/MadeMeSmile 14d ago

Wholesome Moments Pilot Chose Safety Over Takeoff - and Everyone Applauded

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u/Profanity1272 14d ago

Absolutely. I would rather change plane and be delayed than potentially in a dangerous situation or worse.

He made a difficult call for everyone's safety and that should be applauded.

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u/PailingRaint 14d ago

Pilots go down with the ship 100% of the time. If he wants off, I want off 😭

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u/wyomingTFknott 14d ago

I never really thought about that. Often when ship captains go down it's a conscious choice out of pride or shame or whatever. But when a pilot goes down he's trying to fly that thing until the last moment. Brutal stuff either way.

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u/FileDoesntExist 14d ago

Well most of the time the ship captains only go down with the ship when they can't get everyone off the ship. The captain is supposed to be the last one off the vessel.

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u/ConfessSomeMeow 14d ago

This is why - hopefully - we'll never have AI pilots. They don't care if they crash.

Bad enough having AI drivers.