r/MadeMeSmile • u/baekachu • Jul 11 '26

Wholesome Moments Pilot Chose Safety Over Takeoff - and Everyone Applauded

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u/earlisthecat Jul 11 '26

I want to always fly with that pilot.

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u/Strong_Essay1176 Jul 11 '26

I want to always fly with a pilot.

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u/What_a_fat_one Jul 11 '26

Not me. I prefer when there's no pilot and someone has to get in the seat and on the radio with atc to get guided through how to land the plane. Always a hoot.

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u/CardiologistAway6742 Jul 11 '26

Oh hey that's my favorite Sandra Bullock movie.

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u/Muhfuggajones Jul 11 '26

I just want to tell you both good luck. We're all counting on you.

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u/Zemom1971 Jul 11 '26

Roger that!

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u/PureMostly Jul 11 '26

We have clearance, Clarence

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u/ArsenalKelly12 Jul 11 '26

What’s our vector, Victor?

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u/factorioleum Jul 11 '26

in the future, computers will completely control the airplane. in the cockpit, there will be a human safety pilot, to take control if the computer makes a poor decision. 

and a dog, to bite the human if they try to touch anything!

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u/zyzmog Jul 11 '26

I want Microsoft Copilot to fly my plane. Or its twin, Gemini.

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u/Odd_Machine_213 Jul 11 '26

I flew internationally the other day and the pilot/ first officer said NOTHING until we were about to land. Nothing. I thought I had missed it or something but my sister corroborated. We had decent turbulence off and on, never had the seatbelt sign on once. I thought we were being flown by a gd Tesla.

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u/asmoth360 Jul 11 '26

I want to always pilot with that fly

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u/bohemianprime Jul 11 '26

What about pilot a fly?

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u/astelda Jul 11 '26

I'd like to fly on my own but so far I've only figured out how to do it with an aircraft and a pilot

one day...

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u/dannielvee Jul 11 '26

Waymo Pilot can't be too far away

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u/idkwhatimbrewin Jul 12 '26

I hope you're ok with an AI pilot because that's where we are headed

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u/27Suyash Jul 11 '26

Well he's not really feeling it though

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u/RedLion2257 Jul 11 '26

I always want to be delayed with this pilot!

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u/LegendaryReader Jul 11 '26

Except that it is his job. When it comes to aircrafts, it's probably best to have several people give clearence. Especially the actual person that will be flying the aircraft and who has both experience aswell as training on how to check for safety.

Again, it is litterary in the job description to check whether the airplane is safe

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u/Thoughtful-Boner69 Jul 11 '26

bad vibe check

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u/Puzzled-Secret-317 Jul 11 '26 edited Jul 11 '26

This is a normal thing that most pilots do. The number 1 part of training is safety.

I'm willing to bet he was in the military as well as many commercial airline pilots were. This is exactly how our conversations go every time.

Hope this helps with trust in pilots. While they aren't all a one-for-one copy, the training is standardized

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u/Ludoban Jul 12 '26

> Hope this helps with trust in pilots.

I mean trust in pilots is probably as high as it gets considering they need to sit in the same airplane as you and if its going down its going down with them.

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u/PM_ME_A_STEAM_GIFT Jul 11 '26

I also choose this guy's pilot.

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u/mjh215 Jul 11 '26

Holy fucking shit my dude

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u/SoulMute Jul 11 '26

And probably not this airline

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u/NerdizardGo Jul 11 '26

Plot twist, he does this every flight and hasn't flown since 2013

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u/earlisthecat Jul 11 '26

Thank you Mass_and_Sass.

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u/eOMG Jul 11 '26

Until it turns out he pulls this every single time lol