[FormerLib]

"American Airlines apologizes if anyone was made to feel uncomfortable by the comments of this pilot," Wagner told CNN.

I'm glad he brought this up! I'm frequently made very uncomfortable by the things pilots say during a flight. Consider what one said on my last flight, "We are at our cruising altitude of 27,000 feet and our current ground speed is just under 600 mph." Who the heck wants to be reminded of the fact that we are 5 miles up and trucking along at almost 10 miles per minute? After hearing that, you're darn right I would've raised my hand! That's just not the time to be denying one's faith!

[Cobra64]

Good thing you never flew in the Concorde. 60,000 feet cruising at 1,500 mph.

[dangus]

Actual statement from a pilot:

"Well, get comfy folks... There are extremely strong corsscurrents on the ground at Albany, and there ain't no way in heck we're landing in this, but we've got plentty of fuel. So, we'll should be able to keep circling for hours before we even have to think about landing in Boston."

not two minutes later:

"We'll be landing in Albany in approximately five minutes."

Realizing how bad that sounds, about fifteen seconds later:

"Don't worry folks, I use to do this all the time in Nam."

Yeah, but I'm sure it wasn't an airliner in Nam. He made a three-bounce landing, got a standing ovation... and probably brought a few people back to prayer.