History Heartwarming / CabinPressure

** Meta: It was well-known in the fandom that John Finnemore's dad (a retired pilot) acted as unofficial aviation advisor for the show, checking over the scripts for accuracy, and many fans on social media noted how heartwarming it was to hear him finally credited at the end of the show.
** From John Finnemore's blog, regarding Arthur's "test" for Zurich. Aw.
---> Arthur’s test was to stand up to the false (if biological) father in his life, firstly at the auction and secondly and most importantly by remembering his grandmother’s name, realising that he will never, ever have a genuine father/son conversation with Gordon Shappey; and renouncing him once and for all in favour of the two genuine father figures in his life – and in particular, the one who has always looked out for and defended him, even as he mocks him; the one with whom he can discuss the dames and the horses over a few pineapple juices; and the one on whom he can utterly rely to do something clever, and make everything alright.

'''Martin''': Yeah! You should try doing it on one engine!\\

-->'''Gordon''': Just got in. Bloody hell, the crosswind, eh? Hairiest landing I’ve had for years!\\

'''Gordon''': Jeez, I wouldn’t want to! Did you?\\
'''Martin''': No, I didn’t!\\
'''Gordon''': Oh. Right, I was gonna say!\\
'''Martin''': No, I mean, I didn’t want to either. \\
'''Douglas''': ...However, he absolutely did. Rather well, actually.

** During the bird strike, Douglas ''immediately'' defers to Martin and [[YouCalledMeXItMustBeSerious calls him “Captain”]], without a single quip or snappy remark. When Martin insists that he’ll land the plane himself, Douglas just says, “Okay,” [[SincerityMode completely sincerely.]]

** It ends with Martin getting a job offer, and not because of his empassioned speech but because the ceo of the company, who didn't listen to the speech, was genuinely impressed with Martin's perfectionism, by-the-book attitude and the fact he'd memorised the flight manuals, the qualities Martin himself wants to be valued and recognised for.

* The entirety of the Series 2 Christmas special, "Moloka'i", starting from the pre-flight check reference to "Literature/TheNightBeforeChristmas":

* ''Cabin Fever,'' the VlogSeries spinoff/sequel featuring Arthur in quarantine during the UsefulNotes/COVID19Pandemic, and reveals that OJS Air is still doing well (even if they had to take a break since both Douglas, Herc and Arhtur had to be quarantined after making a flight to several different countries), with Douglas now being "new Skip" and Herc and Carolyn still together. Martin and Theresa still keep in touch and join in on various online chats and games with the OJS crew... as does Martin's mother. It's a nice epilogue that confirms that in the end, things still ''did'' work out.

* The entirety of the Series 2 Christmas special, "Moloka'i", starting from the pre-flight check reference to "TheNightBeforeChristmas":

* A real life example. During a recording for the fourth season, John got a very special surprise. In between seasons his fans on Tumblr had been taking pictures of the traveling lemon at various landmarks all over the world, and they decided to make a book out of it. One of those fans presented it to him personally, to his absolute glee.
** The joy on his face upon receiving the book is absolutely heart melting, as is his words of thanks to the fans.

-->'''Douglas''': He’s not ‘Skip’. ''Martin'' is Skip.

*** Martin ending up in Swiss Airways as a First Officer, sounding absolutely professional and dignified, just like he'd always dreamed of.

* During Series 4, Carolyn repeatedly tells Martin to look for other jobs so that he can earn a respectable salary, as she's sick of [[spoiler: not being able to pay him]]. It's sweet to see that Carolyn really does care about Martin, but when you consider that MJN would almost certainly go bust without him, it appears that she's actually putting Martin's happiness ahead of her own business.
** Also consider that Carolyn is torn between staying in Fitton for MJN, and moving to Switzerland with Herc. If she could no longer sustain MJN, the decision would be much easier for her. Effectively, she's urging Martin to move on as a roundabout, possibly subconscious way of getting ''herself'' to move on so she can be with Herc.

** Firmly establishes that [[spoiler: Martin and Princess Theresa are now in a relationship and are very happy together.]]
*** Martin [[spoiler:ending up in Swiss Airways as a First Officer, sounding absolutely professional and dignified, just like he'd always dreamed of.]]
** Carolyn finally [[spoiler: says "I love you" to Herc in Zurich.]]
** Herc choosing to [[spoiler: stay in England and fly MJN with Douglas in order to stay with Carolyn because he loves her that much. ''Aww.'']]
** ...But Douglas [[spoiler:will be Captain]].
** Carolyn [[spoiler: changes MJN to OJS, "Our Jet Still" Air, signifying how GERTI now [[FireForgedFriends belongs to them all,]] having been with them through thick and thin.]]
** The fact that the series [[spoiler: ended with a very loud, very enthusiastic "BRILLIANT!" from Arthur.]]

--> Arthur’s test was to stand up to the false (if biological) father in his life, firstly at the auction and secondly and most importantly by remembering his grandmother’s name, realising that he will never, ever have a genuine father/son conversation with Gordon Shappey; and renouncing him once and for all in favour of the two genuine father figures in his life – and in particular, the one who has always looked out for and defended him, even as he mocks him; the one with whom he can discuss the dames and the horses over a few pineapple juices; and the one on whom he can utterly rely to do something clever, and make everything alright.

** During the bird strike, Douglas ‘’immediately’’ defers to Martin and [[YouCalledMeXItMustBeSerious calls him “Captain”]], without a single quip or snappy remark. When Martin insists that he’ll land the plane himself, Douglas just says, “Okay,” [[SincerityMode completely sincerely.]]

* The entire crew coming together to help Martin with his family in "Wokingham" is really sweet, but special mention must go to Arthur striking up a genuine report with Martin's mother Wendy, who's ill and doesn't want to be a bother. When Carolyn has the idea of handling the "immovable force of someone who needs helping but does not want to be helped" by introducing her to "the irresistable force of someone who loves helping and doesn't really notice whether people want him or not," the scene is all set for Wendy to end up sick of Arthur's overhelping -- but after her initial attempts at resisting, the two end up getting along famously and have nothing but praise for each other.

* The entire crew coming together to help Martin with his family in "Wokingham" is really sweet, but special mention must go to Arthur striking up a genuine report with Martin's mother Wendy, who's ill and doesn't want to be a bother. When Carolyn has the idea of handling the "immovable force of someone who needs helping but does not want to be helped" by introducing her to "the irresistable force of someone who loves helping and doesn't really notice whether people want him or not," the scene is all set for Wendy to end up sick of Arthur's overhelping -- but after her initial attempts at resisting, the two end up getting along famously and have nothing but praise for each other.

** Meta: It was well-known in the fandom that John Finnemore's dad acted as unofficial aviation advisor for the show, checking over the scripts for accuracy, and many fans on social media noted how heartwarming it was to hear him finally credited at the end of the show.