A delighted dad has taken to the internet to publicly thank pilots at Dublin Airport for making his daughter’s day.
He brought her to plane-watch at the airport on Sunday and a simple gesture by a number of pilots “made her day”.
Taking to the Ireland Reddit page, he explained his little girl is “mad into planes at the moment”.
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He said: “Took the kids to the roads surrounding the airport to get a good view of the planes arriving today. My little girl is mad into planes at the moment. Anyway, we saw an Emirates, a Ryanair, 2 Aer Lingus and a British Airways landing and all of them waved back at the little girl frantically waving as they taxied past.
“It made her day and she's gabbled on about it all day up until she went asleep.”
The parent went on to publicly thanked the pilots in the hope they might see the post online.
“On the extreme off chance any of them see this - Thank You, something so simple really made someone's day,” he concluded.
Dozens of people took to the comments to remark on the heartwarming story.
“Awww that's so cute,” one person said.
Another added: “Oh bless! I can just imagine how much that meant to her.”
A third wrote: “I've worked a lot with pilots over the last few years - every single one of them show up to work every day loving what they do, and love it when other people are enthusiastic”
Someone else shared: “Awh mine is big into construction vehicles it makes her day when they smile and wave at her... took her to fota and she wouldn't stop talking about the digger that kept going by and waving at her.”
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