A pilot stepped out of the cockpit and shared something beautiful about his little girl that made everyone on the plane feel safe.
Many people are scared of flying. Your mind starts racing with all the what-ifs. The fear is real and common. But God calms our hearts through unexpected people and moments.
Sometimes it’s an interaction with someone sitting nearby, a cabin crew member, or even a child. In this story, a pilot comforts his passengers in the most adorable way.
Delta Flight 2052 was getting ready to fly from Atlanta, Georgia to Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina on November 6. The trip would only take 90 minutes. But that night, people sitting in their seats felt tense.
News about airline staffing shortages and flight reductions had everyone on edge. The cabin felt heavy with worry.
“It’s night. It’s dark, the government’s shut down. All we’re hearing is there’s not enough air traffic controllers,” passenger Stacey Ray said. “People are wrecked.”
Then the pilot came out and spoke to his passengers face to face.
“I know we probably have quite a few nervous flyers today,” he said. Ray recorded his words, and the video later got almost 400,000 likes on Instagram.
“It is perfectly understandable. I want to emphasize that this aircraft does not move a single inch unless both my co-captain Michael and myself are absolutely certain it’s safe to do so.”
What he said next touched every heart in that cabin.
Before he left home for this trip, his little daughter had just learned a new word. She could say “ice cream” now. And she made her daddy promise something sweet. She wanted ice cream when he got back home.
“That being said, nothing — and I mean absolutely nothing — unsafe comes in between me, that little girl and her ice cream,” the pilot told everyone.
But this father’s simple words changed everything.
That little girl doesn’t know it yet, but her daddy’s love for her brought peace to dozens of people that night. His promise to her became a promise to every passenger on that plane.
He would get them home safe because he had someone precious waiting for him too.
WATCH: Pilot Calms Passengers with a Sweet Story About His Little Girl
