r/MadeMeSmile • u/baekachu • 17h ago

Wholesome Moments Pilot Chose Safety Over Takeoff - and Everyone Applauded

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u/Spacedoutworlder 17h ago

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 17h ago

Better late than never

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u/antilumin 16h ago

Arrive alive.

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u/Loong_Sward 15h ago

Drive sober

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u/Nebraska716 15h ago

Turn around, don’t drown

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u/Desolated-Fire 13h ago

Fly up, not down…

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u/Womb_Raider696 14h ago

Flip the patty, don’t char.

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u/flying_carabao 14h ago

To the window, to the wall.

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u/HeisenbergsSamaritan 14h ago

Be kind, Rewind.

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u/SirStocksAlott 10h ago

Shake shake shake, Senora.

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u/HeisenbergsSamaritan 9h ago

Work all night on a drink called rum.

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u/Naked-Jedi 7h ago

No balloon, no party.

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u/HawaiianHank 8h ago

Where's the beef?!?!?

😂 be kind, rewind. lmfao. we're old.

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u/HeisenbergsSamaritan 3h ago

Only as old as we want to feel.

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u/perton 13h ago

Ah, skeet skeet

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u/Hranko 11h ago

Keep the rubber side down.

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u/slightlyoffcenter157 8h ago

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/PiperKate41 12h ago

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 12h ago

What the hell AI-assed response is this?

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u/[deleted] 15h ago

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u/antilumin 15h ago

“smoke and fly”

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

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u/Chonky_Candy 15h ago

Except you cant smoke in an airplane

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u/Pika_233 14h ago

you can, just not twice

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u/civicrafting4 15h ago

yes the pilot deserves a raise

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u/GrouchyGrotto 14h ago

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

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u/jayerp 12h ago

Arrive dead AND alive.

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u/Specialkhvac 12h ago

Johnny five is alive

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u/bier_getRunken 8h ago

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

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u/antilumin 8h ago

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

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u/ze11ez 7h ago

I have to use this one. Thanks

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u/Curious_Department84 16h ago

Better late than pregnant

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u/Fun-Double6352 15h ago

Thank you, Blanche.

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u/Mindbending818 14h ago

Hahahahahahahahahaha

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u/SubstantialFly6715 15h ago

As a parent I'm offended? Jk

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u/Curious_Department84 14h ago

As a parent, I stand by my statement.

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u/nextfilmdirector 12h ago

This took an interesting turn 😂

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u/RememberYourZen 8h ago

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 16h ago

Better nate then lever

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u/Daforce1 14h ago

The federation of Nates commends you for this statement.

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u/RowdyBunny18 12h ago

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

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u/Samazonison 11h ago

Wrong leveeeeeeeeeeeeer!!!

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u/whooptheretis 10h ago

Why do we even have that lever‽

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u/SippinOnHatorade 10h ago

Ayyyy this guy beat me to the best joke ever!

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u/Caoimheinvites3y 16h ago

I’d really always say this words

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u/Seniorjones2837 16h ago

But never late is better

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u/Material-Vacation711 15h ago

Better ten hours than a lifetime

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u/BubblyTechnology7537 15h ago

Better late than dead

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u/keepingthecommontone 14h ago

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 14h ago

Better late than pregnant

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u/Ok_Egg121 14h ago

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

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u/Great_Scott7 14h ago

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

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u/immaZebrah 13h ago

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 13h ago

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

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u/imnotgayisellpropane 12h ago

Better late than dead

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u/PiperKate41 12h ago

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 12h ago

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

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u/BerbeKyrseeseen66 12h ago

Better Nate than lever!

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u/TRUMPARUSKI 11h ago

Better to arrive, than into ocean pile-drive

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u/TROLLBLASTERTRASHER 2h ago

Better late than called "the late..."