What'sThatClue
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this is such a small thing but the pilot's (or was it the co-pilot's) last words to Malaysian ATC were "all, right---good night"... seems so normal but when I worked all night long at my old job "graveyard" shift---we were all working, it was our work day. No One ever said "good night" to anyone. we said the same things you'd say to each other as we came and went through the large complex I worked at, that you'd say in the daytime. If you talked to someone in person or on the phone, if you knew you wouldn't be talking to them again, you'd say "have a great shift" or "see you later" or "thanks, 'bye", like you would in the day time. but never "good night"...I don't remember ever even hearing "Have a good night" (just, as mentioned, "hope you have a nice shift")..... "Good Night" sounds sort of final. maybe it's cultural and that's just what's said in that part of the world...
Iirc pilots have said it's not unusual, from what I've read and heard. But it does sound cryptic, IMO.
Jmo