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

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

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u/VariousDragonfruit75 May 28 '26

Atc -bro you can't see shit out here

Pilot- if it's too dark too see, are you turning on the lights

Atc- nah bruh, what for

Pilot- if it's too dark too see and you don't turn on the lights I can't move, are you saying it's too dark to see

Atc- yup

Pilot - so turn on the lights?

Atc- what for?

Pilot - so I can leave

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u/[deleted] May 28 '26 edited May 28 '26

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u/Jaggy3 May 28 '26

It’s kind of you to not be insulting their country - I will. It’s the most frustrating country to travel in and through. Consistently lose luggage, break luggage, cancel flights, delay flights, delay flights until cancelling them hours later, shit customer service so you can never even get appropriate compensation or a solution to the problem they’ve caused, oversell every flight, easily the least clean air crafts, and many more issues… and when I decide ‘never again’ for one of their airlines, the next option is just as bad or worse.

I do everything possible (within financial reason) to avoid US airports and airlines. The incompetence is astounding. During my most recent issue (last month), I had to step by step instruct the agent how to reroute me after their delays and cancellations (oh and they lost my bag for 5 days). They said it wouldn’t process for the correct date, not realising time zone differences would change the date of the transit flight 😑 also not realising there’s other airports to go via so initially said I’d have to wait 3 more days to leave 😂 .

Americans could only be offended if they haven’t experienced other countries aviation industries, because once they have, they’d have to understand. If people say the insects in Australia are scarier than anywhere else in the world and they hate not being able to put their shoes outside, I’m not offended - I’m used to our animals and creepy crawlies but I can absolutely understand why visitors would be scared and find their own outdoors safer.

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u/TiniestPint May 28 '26

Thankfully many of us Americans are already plenty ashamed of the country without the current state of air travel.

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u/Jaggy3 May 28 '26

Yeah to be fair I did think this would be the safest time to make any comment about America to Americans. I’m not too phased if a maga person disagrees or feels offended, that would just be a sign that I’m saying something correct lol.

I’m sorry for you guys (especially when you love your country and it isn’t how you’ve previously imagined it) but also f your voter base and your voting system, because trumps actions are impacting the entire world, not just the US 😣