A friend reports that shortly after take-off from Denver today the pilot came on the intercom to announce that an indicator light suggested a right baggage door might be unlatched. He said not to worry, they were going back to the airport, and they’d be making all left turns so they didn’t spew bags all over Colorado. (It was just a bad indicator.)
That reminded me of the announcement just before my last flight leaving Albuquerque. The pilot came on the intercom to say we were held up a few minutes waiting for some last minute baggage to be loaded. The funeral really couldn’t go on as scheduled without it, he said.
Apropos of nothing:
Recently a pilot who knew they were unloading a serviceman’s (or woman’s) coffin using the dignified transfer (honor guard, flag draped coffin, etc) for the widow who was watching from the terminal held the passengers in their seats for the duration of the unloading.
Kudos.