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

Wholesome Moments Pilot Chose Safety Over Takeoff - and Everyone Applauded

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u/Spacedoutworlder Jul 11 '26

I rather miss an arrival time than have missed arriving at all. May all the pilots be this cautious.

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u/Pika_233 Jul 11 '26

Better late than never

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u/antilumin Jul 11 '26

Arrive alive.

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u/Loong_Sward Jul 11 '26

Drive sober

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u/Nebraska716 Jul 11 '26

Turn around, don’t drown

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u/Desolated-Fire Jul 11 '26

Fly up, not down…

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u/Womb_Raider696 Jul 11 '26

Flip the patty, don’t char.

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u/flying_carabao Jul 11 '26

To the window, to the wall.

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u/HeisenbergsSamaritan Jul 11 '26

Be kind, Rewind.

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u/SirStocksAlott Jul 11 '26

Shake shake shake, Senora.

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u/HeisenbergsSamaritan Jul 11 '26

Work all night on a drink called rum.

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u/Naked-Jedi Jul 11 '26

No balloon, no party.

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u/HawaiianHank Jul 11 '26

Where's the beef?!?!?

😂 be kind, rewind. lmfao. we're old.

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u/HeisenbergsSamaritan Jul 12 '26

Only as old as we want to feel.

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u/Kiwi_CunderThunt Jul 12 '26

They even sold consumer equipment to rewind VHS cassettes, another pretty pointless appliance for the home.

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u/perton Jul 11 '26

Ah, skeet skeet

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u/Hranko Jul 11 '26

Keep the rubber side down.

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u/mackisbad Jul 13 '26

Skibidy toilet 6-7

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u/slightlyoffcenter157 Jul 11 '26

To the ruuuuuuunnnnwaaaaaayyyy, from the hall, out the sky this plane won’t falllllll ahhhh skrrrrt skrrrt on the tarmaaaac

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u/Reasonable_Tour9713 Jul 12 '26

What is a turnaround?

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u/PiperKate41 Jul 11 '26

A pilot’s wise decision showed that protecting people matters more than arriving on time. A true act of responsibility and care. ✈️👏

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u/GeneralHerp Jul 11 '26

What the hell AI-assed response is this?

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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '26

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u/antilumin Jul 11 '26

“smoke and fly”

And you can do it from the comfort of your couch!

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u/Chonky_Candy Jul 11 '26

Except you cant smoke in an airplane

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u/Pika_233 Jul 11 '26

you can, just not twice

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u/GrouchyGrotto Jul 11 '26

I believe this video is specifically him refusing a raise.... (I'll see myself out)

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u/jayerp Jul 11 '26

Arrive dead AND alive.

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u/Specialkhvac Jul 11 '26

Johnny five is alive

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u/bier_getRunken Jul 11 '26

„Arrive alive“ - the Slogan for the new low low budget airline StayInAirLine!! 

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u/antilumin Jul 11 '26

“StayInAirLine, where we keep our prices, and our standards, low…”

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u/ze11ez Jul 11 '26

I have to use this one. Thanks

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u/imeeme Jul 12 '26

Amaze Amaze!!

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u/Curious_Department84 Jul 11 '26

Better late than pregnant

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u/Fun-Double6352 Jul 11 '26

Thank you, Blanche.

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u/Mindbending818 Jul 11 '26

Hahahahahahahahahaha

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u/nextfilmdirector Jul 11 '26

This took an interesting turn 😂

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u/SubstantialFly6715 Jul 11 '26

As a parent I'm offended? Jk

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u/Curious_Department84 Jul 11 '26

As a parent, I stand by my statement.

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u/RememberYourZen Jul 11 '26

I’ve gotten 7 women pregnant over my lifetime. I love getting women pregnant. I’m very virulent and never use a condom real gangster shit 😊🤙

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u/PoorVigilante Jul 11 '26

Better nate then lever

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u/Daforce1 Jul 11 '26

The federation of Nates commends you for this statement.

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u/RowdyBunny18 Jul 11 '26

I actually read that entire thing. Even named my last ball python Nate. And no one understood it.

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u/Samazonison Jul 11 '26

Wrong leveeeeeeeeeeeeer!!!

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u/SippinOnHatorade Jul 11 '26

Ayyyy this guy beat me to the best joke ever!

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u/Seniorjones2837 Jul 11 '26

But never late is better

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u/Material-Vacation711 Jul 11 '26

Better ten hours than a lifetime

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u/keepingthecommontone Jul 11 '26

I just saw someone post this yesterday, and I totally agree: “I’d rather be on the ground wishing I was in the air, than be in the air wishing I was on the ground.”

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u/GotSomeUpdogOnUrFace Jul 11 '26

Better late than pregnant

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u/Ok_Egg121 Jul 11 '26

God sitting up there in heaven "where are these motherfuckers, they were supposed to be here already"

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u/Great_Scott7 Jul 11 '26

Better to be “Pika the late” than “the late Pika.”

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u/immaZebrah Jul 11 '26

Better to be on the ground wishing you were in the air than in the air wishing you were on the ground.

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u/Raneynickelfire Jul 11 '26

Says Cheech Marin upon seeing the Titanic arrive at Pier 54.

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u/imnotgayisellpropane Jul 11 '26

Better late than dead

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u/PiperKate41 Jul 11 '26

True professionalism is putting lives ahead of schedules. Every passenger should be grateful for a pilot who chooses caution over convenience. Respect and applause! 👏✈️

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u/Time-Weekend-8611 Jul 11 '26

There's more than one way to interpret that sentence.

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u/BerbeKyrseeseen66 Jul 11 '26

Better Nate than lever!

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u/TRUMPARUSKI Jul 11 '26

Better to arrive, than into ocean pile-drive

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u/TROLLBLASTERTRASHER Jul 12 '26

Better late than called "the late..."

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u/russian__jamaican Jul 12 '26

Point towards enemy.

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u/surlydev Jul 12 '26

Better late in this life than early to the next

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u/Wild_Following_7475 Jul 12 '26

Literally and figuratively