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AirAsia's Captain Sahar

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Saturday, 20 August 2016. I consider myself very lucky that day, meeting two men with great personality. I booked a taxi KLIA2 online to catch my afternoon low-cost flight to Padang, West Sumatera, Indonesia. My order was taken by Indra Tamrin, a cheerful man who shared his simple but inspiring life story throughout the ride. Click here if you want to be inspired too kabacarito: Uda Tamrin: potret nyata diaspora Indonesia .  Upss, it's in Bahasa Indonesia, for those who do not speak Bahasa Indonesia, google translate might help. Otherwise, if you even get more confused, I may have to happily tell the story myself to you. Remember Captain Sahar, an Air Asia Pilot with hillarious passenger announcements? I wrote a story about him in this blog last year. Click here for full story kabacarito: Captain Sahar: AirAsia's Pilot with Engaging Flight Announcement .  Captain Sahar has been viral as some passengers uploaded story about him or voice recording of h...

Captain Sahar: AirAsia's Pilot with Engaging Flight Announcement

I flew Air Asia flight AK402 from Padang to Kuala Lumpur on Saturday morning, 25 April 2015.  It is a normal brief 50 minute morning flight, except for one thing, Captain Announcement before take-off. He introduced himself as Captain Sahar and his co-pilot, First Officer Kawai.  Unlike other lame Captain Announcement, he delivered it in very enjoyable and entertaining way, in English with American accent.  He described our flight path and what to anticipate in more details than other pilots will do, especiallly for such short flight Padang to Kuala Lumpur.  We will circle over Padang then pass over city of Pekan Baru, continue to fly over city of Dumai before crossing strait of Malacca and approach Kuala Lumpur International Airport (KLAI) via Port Dickson.  We will cruise at 31,000 feet above sea level and start descent after 18 minutes of cruising.  He even told us that his First Officer Kawai will be in charge for take off and he will do the landing late...