- David-Joe Williams from Devon recorded the pilot’s amusing announcement
- The flight from Jersey to Exeter was about to take off when the speech began
- Pilot joked: ‘Hopefully somewhere along that route there will be an airport called Exeter’
A Flybe captain left his passengers laughing out loud with a bizarre pre-flight speech that was full of jokes.
David-Joe Williams from Ilfracombe, Devon, was returning from Jersey to Exeter when the pilot’s amusing announcement began.
He captured the speech on his phone which had passengers on the plane laughing out loud.
David-Joe Williams, who recorded the video, described the speech as the ‘best pilot announcement ever’ and said he ‘really enjoyed it’
The pilot said: ‘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 went on to announce: ‘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.’
David-Joe described it as the ‘best pilot announcement ever’ and said he ‘really enjoyed it’.
The passenger added: ‘I think all announcements should be like that. It’s makes the pilot human and helps anyone on the flight who has had a bad day to feel better.’