Upon landing hard, the pilot got on the PA system,
“Sorry, folks, for the hard landing. It wasn’t my fault, blame it on the asphalt.”
On this particular flight, the airline pilot noted that he had “hammered the plane a little hard on the runway.”
The airline policy was that he had to stand at the exit and apologize to each passenger getting off the plane, saying, “Thank you for flying XYZ airlines, and sorry for the rough landing.”
All the passengers had gotten off the plane, except for one little old lady, walking with a cane and wearing a hearing aid.
She proceeded to walk up to the pilot and said, “Do you mind if I ask a question?”
He said, “Why no, ma’am, go ahead.”
She then replied, “I didn’t hear the announcement. Did we land, or were we shot down?”
