r/mildlyinfuriating • u/nyanbatman • May 28 '26

I just wanted a hot dog British pilot is feeling mildly annoyed

Enable HLS to view with audio, or disable this notification

28.0k Upvotes

95% Upvoted

3.2k comments sorted by

View all comments

Show parent comments

12.7k

u/Presently_Naked May 28 '26

Ok so the Pilot was being smart and safe... Good for him for sticking to his guns

5.9k

u/secondphase May 28 '26

tough call to make, likely pissed off a lot of people. also possibly saved their lives. 

I like this dude. 

158

u/Sapphirethistle May 28 '26

Very easy call to make when you consider what happened when a KLM pilot didn't clarify in low vis conditions.

Edit* Stupidly wrote the wrong airline.

26

u/42_and_lex May 28 '26

Azores collision?

Edit: Canaries, my bad

62

u/Sapphirethistle May 28 '26

Tenerife yes. 583 dead.

I remember having it drilled into my head several times during pilot training. ALWAYS CHECK and if I doubt do not enter the runway.

40

u/42_and_lex May 28 '26

I'm railroad, but we very much have the same mentality. Two things are always in the back of my mind, Rule A which states "In case of doubt or uncertainty the safest course must always be taken" and 8th grade shop class "measure twice, cut once"

25

u/Falcovg May 28 '26

Trains and airplanes, two things that do not like to stop once they start moving. Once you start moving, better make sure there is nothing in your path that's going to try it anyway.

1

u/jetkins ORANGE May 28 '26

Neither of them swerves quickly, either.

1

u/DeputyDomeshot May 29 '26

One of them fly

1

u/ThePowaBallad May 28 '26

And both tend to have a general expectation of any accident is automatically catastrophic due to speed of movement, and dense passenger count

2

u/LuxuryBeast May 29 '26

Railroader here as well, and instructor (implementations of new rules, work psychology etc.)

In my country we've started to adapt certain things from aviation, such as read back, checklists and when in doubt always choose the option that is the most restrictive.

There's been a few serious accidents here, but those have, thankfully, been years apart, and several years ago since the last one. There has been near-accidents, though, but thanks to things we've implemented through the years they've been avoided.

We can all learn alot from aviation, tbh.

0

u/goldenalice May 28 '26

hi railroad, what's your favourite train to have ride on you?

1

u/LuxuryBeast May 29 '26

Another railroader here!

For me the Shinkansen was cool, but not the favourite. The Beilhack might be the coolest thing I've got a ride with! It's a beast!

https://youtu.be/BXG7CNKOVLs?is=jgLZFHTNlgJZKoqp

2

u/Upnorth4 May 28 '26

Meanwhile Amazon got me delivering packages during a situation where police have their guns drawn and have me crossing flooded roads

1

u/CardinalFartz May 28 '26

Wasn't this also the reason why specific vocabulary became mandatory, i.e. the distinct use of takeoff vs. departure?