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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsGermanwings Pilot Makes Emotional Speech Before Hamburg-Cologne Flight Takes Off
http://www.bustle.com/articles/72515-germanwings-pilot-makes-emotional-speech-before-hamburg-cologne-flight-takes-off
Following the Germanwings crash Tuesday that killed 150 people, boarding another Germanwings plane soon after the disaster sounds a little terrifying. On Wednesday, a Germanwings pilot assured passengers that theyd return home safely on a flight from Hamburg to Cologne. With everyone still disturbed by the planes crash into the French Alps the day before, the pilots sincerity and candor made one passenger feel much better about the ensuing flight and she posted about the interaction on Germanwings Facebook.
In the post, Britta Englisch admits that she had mixed feelings about flying with Germanwings the morning after copilot Andreas Lubitz deliberately downed Flight 4U 9525, and she probably wasnt the only one. There hasnt been a large commercial airline crash intentionally brought about by the pilot since 1999, and this incident shocked the world.
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Here is a translation of Englischs post to Germanwings Facebook:
Following the Germanwings crash Tuesday that killed 150 people, boarding another Germanwings plane soon after the disaster sounds a little terrifying. On Wednesday, a Germanwings pilot assured passengers that theyd return home safely on a flight from Hamburg to Cologne. With everyone still disturbed by the planes crash into the French Alps the day before, the pilots sincerity and candor made one passenger feel much better about the ensuing flight and she posted about the interaction on Germanwings Facebook.
In the post, Britta Englisch admits that she had mixed feelings about flying with Germanwings the morning after copilot Andreas Lubitz deliberately downed Flight 4U 9525, and she probably wasnt the only one. There hasnt been a large commercial airline crash intentionally brought about by the pilot since 1999, and this incident shocked the world.
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Here is a translation of Englischs post to Germanwings Facebook:
Yesterday morning at 8:40 a.m., I got onto a Germanwings flight from Hamburg to Cologne with mixed feelings. But then the captain not only welcomed each passenger separately, he also made a short speech before take off. Not from the cockpit he was standing in the cabin. He spoke about how the accident touched him and the whole crew. About how queasy the crew feels, but that everybody from the crew is voluntarily here. And about his family and that the crew have a family and that he is going to do everything to be with his family again tonight. It was completely silent. It was completely silent. And then everybody applauded. I want to thank this pilot. He understood what everybody was thinking. And that he managed to give, at least me, a good feeling for this flight.
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Germanwings Pilot Makes Emotional Speech Before Hamburg-Cologne Flight Takes Off (Original Post)
Cooley Hurd
Mar 2015
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AngryAmish
(25,704 posts)1. yeah, that did not happen
Cooley Hurd
(26,877 posts)2. It didn't?
darkangel218
(13,985 posts)5. What do you mean it didnt happen?
cwydro
(51,308 posts)6. It happened on another Germanwings flight too.
Not exactly the same words, but the captain reassured the pax that there would always be two in the cockpit and that they would arrive safely at their destination.
Cha
(295,899 posts)3. Can you imagine how emotional? That's the only thing that could be done..
Mahalo CH
mainer
(12,013 posts)4. I have a good friend who's an airline pilot. It's exactly the thing he would do
He once told me that the only passengers who ever gave him trouble were simply scared, and they didn't know any other way to handle it except to cause a disturbance.