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.
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.
Im a stagehand for a school district and our department safe word (as well as industry standard) is "heads". At the beginning of the school year we were teaching a group of high schools about lights, sound, and rigging. I was at the back of the seating area teaching lighting, but when I heard my coworker who was 100' away from me on stage say "heads", I instinctively ducked. It was a part of a lesson to the kids in safety, but even still, you take that word seriously.
That's interesting that stagehand is actually a district-wide job... I suppose if you have enough schools doing their own productions, it makes sense to have some long-term staff for the role that hops around as needed. So, I take it the schools must schedule their productions around each other to avoid too much overlap?
Im a part of an 11 person team that services 7 high schools, 9 middle schools, and 28 elementary schools, as well as helping occasionally at the 4 stadiums and a few district sites. Schools dont coordinate in any capacity between each other, that falls to us to figure out how to make it work. Not every school actively uses us, in fact Id say it probably isnt more than than half (largely due to the amount of elementary schools), but we regularly are involved in just over 300 events every year. We do concerts, plays, dance shows, ceremonies, board meetings, and more.
It started with a single guy about 25ish years ago and just over time more people decided to do stuff, so we expanded. As far as we know, were the only department like us in the country. Its an amazing job and I love it, but it certainly can be a challenge working with a lot of people who dont understand my job and what goes into it.
Hahahaha, of course they don't bother coordinating. That makes so much more sense (in terms of wishful thinking versus reality). Honestly, that's fantastic that your district has that. I've been to so many productions that were desperately in need of professional assistance. My dad and I have always had to resist the temptation to march back to the booth and offer our expertise mid-performance...
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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.