Plane began rolling away from the gate, and the pilot came on the intercom and said... "Welcome to our flight to DC, which is where the 'rich men north of Richmond' are, and if you're unfamiliar with that song by Oliver Anthony then I recommend you check it out."
Then, mid-way through the flight the pilot came on the intercom again to give weather in DC, and then he said "we're looking forward to the inauguration."
When I was walking off the plane he was standing by cockpit and I told him I like that song and he fist bumped me. 👊
I bet he didn't get vaxxed.
$5 says that he is ex-military.
It's easy to tell if your pilot was prior Air Force or prior Navy.
If the plane comes in fast, hits the runway hard (you may even bounce), and slows down faster than anyone else - your pilot was Navy.
If the plane comes in slowly and gently, doesn't hammer into the runway so you may not even feel it hit, and uses almost the enntire runway to slow down - your pilot was Air Force.
Best random observation of the day.
Thanks. Years of travel helped me form that opinion, and talking to many military friends solidified it.
This. We used to play that game too.
Bwhahaha anon! That is awesome to know that! 🐸
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That is so true and so cool to note like that.
True American
Wish I could get a pilot like that!
I've had pilots call out (over the intercom) sports scores for the origin and destination cities several times. Happens less often now with most planes having entertainment systems and wifi. I've even had them call the scores out while on the taxiway to the gate - when the entertainment systems are turned off.
They know that a lot of people are watching ESPN live if there is a big game going on during the flight that people care about, and I'm sure they have heard people scream NO when the TV goes dark during a playoff game or a championship game.
My favorite one though was being on the ground at the gate in DFW when we had a ground stop during a thunderstorm and lightning hit nearby. The power went off in the plane other than the emergency stuff, the lights went off and came back on in about 10 seconds, and the pilot asked if there was anyone from IT on the plane. Then he said a few seconds later that he was just joking and the plane would reboot in about a minute. It did. We took off about 40 minutes later once the ground stop was lifted.
Kek!
Based.
Epic fucking story. It's happening. Everywhere.
Hooray! God bless him! Which Airline?
American Airlines
Delta?
Somewhere around the early 2000s my team and I were on a Delta flight coming back out of Atlanta Hartsfield and we were getting ready to take off. The flight attendants made sure everyone was sitting down and seat-belted when the pilot came on over the intercom. He asked everyone to remain seated until the last passenger boarded and was seated. Jimmy Carter walked in with an agent, and back into coach into an empty row. No first class - coach. He stood there letting people get pictures, thanked them, and sat down. He and the agent were the first off the plane at our destination. He seemed to be very gracious.
American Airlines
Name fits! 🇺🇲
I see what you did there. Kek
Very cool
Based pilot FTW
United airlines used to have one channel in the entertainment system where you could listen to the comms between flight crew and ground control. Most of it was the usual FAA-speak about flight levels and such but now and then they would have some great conversations. They never should have stopped that.
AWESQME!!!
I'd would be interested in this pilot flying every plane I needed to travel on. Maybe, somehow, he avoided the jab
Based pilot.