I believe Egyptian pilots are one of the best in the world when it comes to smooth landings. And until recently Egyptian air travellers on any flight used to applaud whenever a pilot showed his dexterity by making an extra smooth landing - without any of the bumps and jerks. It used to be a spontaneous gesture unique to Egyptian air travellers. And I used to appreciate this small gesture - nowhere in the world have I seen air travellers applauding the pilot for a good touch-down.
On my recent air travels, I notice this habit has completely vanished. No applause even for the smoothest of landings. Either the expectations have gone up - or Egyptians have weightier things on their minds.
This is a change I have noticed since the Revolution - the average Egyptian's expectations seems to have gone up about anything and everything. My guess is that the events surrounding the revolution have made Egyptians much more demanding - and therefore probably much less appreciative of the simple pleasures that they once used to celebrate with gusto.
Meanwhile the Egyptian pilots continue to do smooth landings - bless them.
On my recent air travels, I notice this habit has completely vanished. No applause even for the smoothest of landings. Either the expectations have gone up - or Egyptians have weightier things on their minds.
This is a change I have noticed since the Revolution - the average Egyptian's expectations seems to have gone up about anything and everything. My guess is that the events surrounding the revolution have made Egyptians much more demanding - and therefore probably much less appreciative of the simple pleasures that they once used to celebrate with gusto.
Meanwhile the Egyptian pilots continue to do smooth landings - bless them.
4 comments:
Ram- so true ,it's the small things which matter.And it is sad when we start losing the simple courtesies which make life better ...we know how we have lost some of these in public life in India in the past few years of unprecedented growth...
Nice one Ram...
Excellent Observation about Human behavior. People take it for granted nowadays.
Ashwini and Vandana.
I liked the action of the passengers of applauding the landing and am sad that they do not appreciate the smooth landing now.
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