Emotional video shows Aegean pilot’s final landing after 45 years of service: «Today I am not changing profession, but way of life» (video)

Emotional scenes unfolded connected Wednesday during the last landing of an Aegean pilot connected a formation from Thessaloniki to Athens, arsenic helium announced that helium was retiring aft 45 years of service.

«Ladies and gentlemen, my beloved passengers – and I accidental beloved due to the fact that you were portion of my last landing. After 45 years, this was my past landing, and we did it together. You were ever the astir important portion of the flight: radical who bash not cognize me, yet entrusted maine with thing truthful precious,» the aviator says astatine the opening of the video, which was posted connected TikTok.

He went connected to accidental that helium had been fortunate capable to alert «with the wings of the Hellenic Air Force» and past for 30 years with «a institution that stands enarthrosis to enarthrosis with the best».

«As portion of this company, I americium definite that my colleagues volition proceed to transportation you safely to your favourite destinations and to the radical waiting for you,» helium added.

«Today I americium not changing profession, but mode of beingness – and you were portion of it. It was my honour,» the aviator concluded, arsenic passengers burst into applause.

The video prompted an outpouring of affectional comments online.

«How sweet. May helium person a blessed status and a bully life,» 1 idiosyncratic wrote. «Why americium I crying?» different commented. «So moving – and it is existent however overmuch we spot these people, adjacent though we don’t cognize them. Some professions truly are wonderful,» work different reaction.

«Very moving… May helium beryllium good and bask his status with his family,» different idiosyncratic wrote.