ordinarily I’d would mind delays when on a long haul flight. But when they are for technical reasons it does make you wonder. Seems a very vague term “technical”, the kind of term you would use to shut people up or when you haven’t got a clue what the problem is yourself.
This is compounded when directly after the pilot shared “15 minutes delay due to technical..” he said please “smile”. Smile, indeed, I really have no other choice do I! I’m strapped in, I don’t want to get off and …