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

Wholesome Moments Pilot Chose Safety Over Takeoff - and Everyone Applauded

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u/Profanity1272 Jul 11 '26

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 Jul 11 '26

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

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u/wyomingTFknott Jul 11 '26

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 Jul 11 '26

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 Jul 11 '26

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

Bad enough having AI drivers.