The Grace Of God
Flew KUL-PER recently on the MH125. During the captain's greeting after take-off he stated that we would be at the gate in Perth on time "insha' allah" . I found myself reacting with mild concern to this as, with great respect to this worthy individual for being both a B777 captain and a Muslim, I felt that I would prefer to think that we would arrive safely at the end of our journey courtesy of the crews' professionalism, in which most pax had no doubt invested their confidence, rather than the 'grace of God'. Is it entirely professional for airline flight crew to inform pax that they will arrive safely if God permits it (carrier from Islamic country notwithstanding)? This was stated in both Bahasa as well as English.
Wonder what others think...