My plane touches down on the tarmac, taxis to the gate, and parks.
A man turns on the microphone to make an announcement to the rest of the crew:
“Prepare the plane for arrival and cross check.”
While it’s easy enough to imagine a reasonable meaning for this phrase, I enjoyed a few minutes chuckle as I thought about what it would be like if the crew of my plane was busily bracing the plane to get struck by another plane using the hockey stick to make contact.
And then I go back to being glad that my plane is not about to be cross-checked like that.
