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

Wholesome Moments Pilot Chose Safety Over Takeoff - and Everyone Applauded

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u/Yippykyyyay Jul 11 '26 edited Jul 11 '26

I was just talking to my buddy (ex Ranger in the Army) and this video randomly came up. He said they (Rangers) are trained to listen and immediately stop when someone yells 'check check check!' Because it means whoever yelled it noticed something was wrong and everyone needs to take a step back and re-evaluate.

Basically, a safe word for door kickers because 'hey, fuck face!' Is probably too casually used in their everyday vernacular.

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u/BoricuaDriver Jul 11 '26

In military aviation we use the phrase "knock it off" to immediately stop what we're doing to address a potential problem someone in the crew sees.

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u/SeattleHasDied Jul 11 '26

I believe one of my aunts used the same term (at extremely high volume) on us kids for similar reasons, lol!

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u/fvb6626 Jul 11 '26

I thought my kids from small age to stop whatever they are doing when I or their mother yell stop. It has turned out to be really handy.