Originally Posted by tommyleo

The "did you arrive safe?" line doesn't fly. It's the same line that we often hear from airline employees when they don't want to take responsibility for non-weather-related delays or other problems. As customers, we pay to arrive reasonably close to "on-time". That's why we read schedules. Arriving safe is a given, not a luxury.

Most of us who post here have jobs or run our own businesses. If we showed up for our work 6 hours late and simply told our bosses/clients "What's the big deal? I'm here and I'm alive.", we'd be out looking for new work in a hurry.