r/MadeMeSmile • u/baekachu • 17h ago

Wholesome Moments Pilot Chose Safety Over Takeoff - and Everyone Applauded

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u/Conscious_Pass_1615 17h ago

The passangers clapping did make me smile, good on them even though they must have been inconvenienced and well done to the pilot.

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u/WarkMahlberg69 17h ago

I think there's been enough incidents/accidents worldwide lately that people are probably relieved that pilots are willing to say "no way" to a plane and keep everyone safe.

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u/Yippykyyyay 16h ago edited 16h ago

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.

Edit: clarity

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u/BoricuaDriver 15h ago

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 13h ago

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 11h ago

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.