OG of the Souŧh

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[OG of the Souŧh @Ecaspu]

Flying to Barbados one quiet evening, the lead crew leaned over and told me his father had been an engineer, just like me. Died in a plane crash.

That was the moment it truly landed.

This job isn’t just a uniform and a paycheck. It’s dangerous. Not in the loud, cinematic way people imagine, but in the quiet knowledge that the sky sometimes keeps what it takes.

And still we go back to it. Some loves ask for everything.

[OG of the Souŧh @Ecaspu]

@N_olliver02 @Turbinetraveler The delay is not small if you really look at it. There is already a backlog of orders for the 777X that are yet to be delivered, coupled with the certification issue.

Airlines will choose an alternative widebody.

[OG of the Souŧh @Ecaspu]

@Mario_Sneh https://t.co/U85rDpF80f

[OG of the Souŧh @Ecaspu]

Principles hold their shape under pressure. Approval doesn't.

You cannot build a stable life on a surface that shifts with other people's moods.

[OG of the Souŧh @Ecaspu]

@Ade_Dohyeen https://t.co/U85rDpF80f

[OG of the Souŧh @Ecaspu]

Principles hold their shape under pressure. Approval doesn't.

You cannot build a stable life on a surface that shifts with other people's moods.

[OG of the Souŧh @Ecaspu]

@eagleseyeinc https://t.co/U85rDpF80f

[OG of the Souŧh @Ecaspu]

Principles hold their shape under pressure. Approval doesn't.

You cannot build a stable life on a surface that shifts with other people's moods.

[OG of the Souŧh @Ecaspu]

Principles hold their shape under pressure. Approval doesn't.

You cannot build a stable life on a surface that shifts with other people's moods.

[OG of the Souŧh @Ecaspu]

@N_olliver02 @Turbinetraveler I'd love to know what you think.

[OG of the Souŧh @Ecaspu]

@realsabigurl @instablog9ja Meanness. Outright meanness.

[OG of the Souŧh @Ecaspu]

Hmm, fair points. However, I'm convinced that the Airbus A350-1000 is benefiting from being the only modern large widebody currently in production. Airlines looking to replace older 777s or avoid delays and uncertainty with other aircraft programs are choosing the A350-1000 as the safer option. Riyadh Air's recent decision to order the A350 for some key long-haul routes is a good example of this.

[OG of the Souŧh @Ecaspu]

The same person who signs your commendation letter will query you for the same behavior six months later if the political wind shifts.

I've seen it.

You do everything right. Follow the manual. Refuse to release an aircraft on a deferred item that shouldn't be deferred. Operations is unhappy. But the decision holds, nothing happens, and very quietly, someone above acknowledges the call was correct.

Then another day comes.

Now the pressure is coming from a different direction. The query lands on your desk. Worded carefully. But the message underneath is: your thoroughness is inconveniencing us.

[OG of the Souŧh @Ecaspu]

Principles hold their shape under pressure. Approval doesn't.

You cannot build a stable life on a surface that shifts with other people's moods.

[OG of the Souŧh @Ecaspu]

The same person who signs your commendation letter will query you for the same behavior six months later if the political wind shifts.

I've seen it.

You do everything right. Follow the manual. Refuse to release an aircraft on a deferred item that shouldn't be deferred. Operations is unhappy. But the decision holds, nothing happens, and very quietly, someone above acknowledges the call was correct.

Then another day comes.

Now the pressure is coming from a different direction. The query lands on your desk. Worded carefully. But the message underneath is: your thoroughness is inconveniencing us.

[baeha 🪐 @jovialroots]

Human approval is unstable. Someone may praise you today and criticize you tomorrow, so it's wiser to anchor your life in deeper principles than in other people's opinions.

[OG of the Souŧh @Ecaspu]

The ramp shows you this pattern early if you're paying attention.

The engineers who survive with their integrity intact are the ones who held a standard regardless of who was applauding or complaining.

And there's something in that for life outside the ramp, too.

[OG of the Souŧh @Ecaspu]

@instablog9ja Four young Nigerians gone on a road that should have been safe enough to carry them home.

Rest easy. This one hurts.

[OG of the Souŧh @Ecaspu]

@PeterObi The warning about ethnic manipulation is valid and necessary. But a message this careful about not naming the architects of that manipulation is also a message that protects them.

[OG of the Souŧh @Ecaspu]

@RaminNasibov The Wright Brothers' first flight in 1903 was shorter than the wingspan of a Boeing 747.

12 seconds. 120 feet. The entire distance Orville Wright covered that morning would fit inside the economy cabin of the jet that made his achievement look ordinary sixty years later.

[OG of the Souŧh @Ecaspu]

@oku_yungx The people who broke the system have enough money to wait it out.

[OG of the Souŧh @Ecaspu]

@MELanin_2020 @NigeriaStories Hello, Truth Lover. Tell me the truth that I can believe.

[OG of the Souŧh @Ecaspu]

@az_obi @SIR_PIUS3i People who helped me. Because the ones who hurt me? Their names are already etched in memory.