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. āFolks, Iāve 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.ā
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. āI get it, trust me. But hereās the deal: During our landing, we had a small mechanical issue. Iām not your pilot for the next leg, but I donāt feel confident the jetās safe to fly until we have a mechanical team look it over, and I donāt feel comfortable asking the next pilots to fly you guys until we get confirmation.ā
He points at the agents next to him behind the counter: āNow, none of this is the agentsā fault. Please be kind to them. Iām the one who made this decision, not them, so any inconvenience you experience is my fault. Just please know that I donāt do this lightly, and Iām only doing it because I believe itās in the best interests of everyoneās safety.ā
Now this is where the story gets crazy. The pilot puts the microphone down, grabs his suitcase, and all the people in the gateā¦
Start clapping.
Iām 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 everyoneās best interest.
Itās honestly one of the best examples of strong communicationāof strong leadership, for that matterāthat Iāve seen in a long time.
@Delta, whoever your Atlanta to Wichita pilot was this morning, heās one of the good ones. Please tell him the delayed passengers of flight 1637 appreciate what he did.
Fox News just cut to Trump before he boarded Air Force One to see if he would comment on the Artemis II successful return... unsurprisingly he did not... just got on the plane. What a complete waste of a human.
Lawrence OāDonnell: āThis is evil. He has gone insane. Our president is not a Christian. There has never been the slightest evidence that Donald Trump is in any real sense a Christian. Thereās nothing religious about him. He never go to church. He didnāt go to church yesterday on Easter. Thereās never been the slightest evidence that Donald Trump comprehends any of the teachings of Jesusā
@CoxSports1 seems like the Bears, and most teams, are done with this round of free agency before the draft... what are the odds that the Bears pick up Cam Jordan or Jadeveon Clowney on a vet min one year contract post-draft?
These guys are so far from the love and grace of Christ. When James and John asked Jesus if they could pray to rain fire down on a Samaritan village that didnāt accept Him, Jesus rebuked them. Haymes and Potteiger are just as foolishā¦and wrong.
@Jason_H_Martin@EruditeTogether "its an issue of... how much you love your child." What an absolutely disgusting thing to say to any parent. You should be ashamed. You should repent of that pride and you should apologize. Not everyone has the same experiences as you do. The audacity...
When Trump leaves office:
The Department of War will go back to being the Defense Department.
The Trump Kennedy Center will go back to being the Kennedy Center.
The Gulf of America will once again be the Gulf of Mexico.
The unfinished East Wing (it won't be finished by the end of Trump's term) will be rebuilt by the next president, and it will not be a ballroom.
Federal agencies packed with unqualified loyalists will fire those people and rehire the career experts Trump fired.
The Department of Justice will go back to enforcing the law instead of protecting the president.
Scientific agencies like NOAA, the EPA, and the CDC will go back to publishing research without political interference.
The U.S. will re-align with its allies and not with its enemies.
The presidential pardon power will stop being used as a rewards program for loyalists.
Inspectors General will go back to investigating corruption instead of getting fired for it.
The White House press room will go back to having briefings, with real journalists and not podcasters.
U.S. foreign policy will stop revolving around flattering dictators.
And the world will progress as though Donald Trump never existed.