That could have gone over better..!

[River]

The female captain was an excellent pilot, but lacked some tack when making announcements at making passengers feel at ease.

 

For example, one time the airplane in front of her blew a tire on landing, scattering chunks of rubber all over the runway. She was asked to hold while the trucks came out to clean up.

 

Her announcement: Ladies and gentlemen, I’m afraid there will be a short delay before our arrival. They’ve closed the runway while they clean up what’s left of the last airplane that landed there.