A Flybe captain left his passengers in stitches after his pre-flight speech.
At the end of 2017, David-Joe Williams was flying from Jersey to Exeter when the pilot’s voice crackled in over the aircraft PA system. Williams quickly recorded the speech, and the passenger response on his phone.
The pilot began: “We've been looking at the maps, we think we've got them the right way round. We think we should head right after take-off. Hopefully somewhere along that route there will be an airport called Exeter. Luckily for you lot I've done my flying for the day. It wasn't pretty so I'm going to refrain from that for the rest of the evening.”
Before handing over to his co-pilot, the captain said: 'At Flybe we pride ourselves in employing some of the very finest cabin crew this industry has to offer, but I'm sorry to say they're all on annual leave.'
Williams described it as the “best pilot announcement ever”. Adding, “I think all announcements should be like that. It makes the pilot human and helps anyone on the flight who has had a bad day, to feel better.”
