I just had the craziest experience at the airport.
We are about to board a flight to Atlanta when the pilot from the incoming plane walks out of the jetway. Guy is probably late 50s, salt and pepper hair, military look. The kind of pilot you instantly feel good about seeing on your flight.
Pilot walks over to the counter, gets on the PA system, and starts addressing everyone. “Folks, I’ve been doing this a long time. Flying one of these jets is easy. The hard part is looking at 130 people and telling them their flight is going to be delayed.”
Audible groans throughout the boarding gate. Most people here are flying to Atlanta as a layover before another flight. 130 people just had their day become a complete mess.
The pilot goes on. “I get it, trust me. But here’s the deal: During our landing, we had a small mechanical issue. I’m not your pilot for the next leg, but I don’t feel confident the jet’s safe to fly until we have a mechanical team look it over, and I don’t feel comfortable asking the next pilots to fly you guys until we get confirmation.”
He points at the agents next to him behind the counter: “Now, none of this is the agents’ fault. Please be kind to them. I’m the one who made this decision, not them, so any inconvenience you experience is my fault. Just please know that I don’t do this lightly, and I’m only doing it because I believe it’s in the best interests of everyone’s safety.”
Now this is where the story gets crazy. The pilot puts the microphone down, grabs his suitcase, and all the people in the gate…
Start clapping.
I’m not joking, everyone starts clapping for the guy. 130 people who just had their travel plans ruined give an ovation to the guy who made the decision and delivered the message.
All because he addressed them with decency and transparency, took ownership of the decision, made it clear that it was necessary, and explained why it was in everyone’s best interest.
It’s honestly one of the best examples of strong communication—of strong leadership, for that matter—that I’ve seen in a long time.
@Delta, whoever your Atlanta to Wichita pilot was this morning, he’s one of the good ones. Please tell him the delayed passengers of flight 1637 appreciate what he did.
Yesterday was the most watched Kentucky Derby of all time…19.6 million for telecast and 24.4 million for actual race
It was higher rated than basically every sporting event besides the NFL and College Football title game
It’s crazy how much the Derby continues to grow
Lee Zeldin TRIGGERS Democrat Rep. Rosa DeLauro By Exposing Her For Not Knowing Basic Supreme Court Cases
DeLauro: "You're here because you need money from us! So HALT for the second! And wait for the questions and ANSWER the questions!"
I enhanced the security footage from last nights assassination attempt using AI.
The footage was extremely low quality and it seems AI made up some things to fill in the gaps, but gives a better view of what took place.
They have now tried to assassinate Trump at least five times…
-Thomas Crooks shot him in Bulter
-Ryan Routh shot at him at his golf course
-Multiple plots by Iran
-A gunman stormed Mar-a-Lago
-Now the White House Correspondents’ Dinner
This violent death cult must be disavowed
“If you try to say that getting baptized causes you to be born again, you are falling right into the trap of getting saved by a particular work.”
John Piper examines the link between our new life in Christ and God’s cleansing work in us. https://t.co/yXgQBWAUN2