Thursday, February 26, 2009

Swiss coolness

A friend of mine was flying home yesterday from Zürich to England. 15 minutes into the flight the instruments stopped working, and the pilot had to turn around and land back in Zürich. Without the instruments. This is Hudson river type of bold move. Very cool indeed. The pilot told everybody what had happened after the landing, and announced “We've fixed the problem with parts from another plane but if anyone does not trust us they can get off now”. Five or six people did. I think only a Swiss pilot would phrase it quite like that. Calm, short and to the point. And I especially like the fact that is was a female pilot. Respect! My friend finally got back to England, late but safely.

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