#mjn air

[cantankerousfish]

I present the inventor of surprising rice and fizzy yoghurt

martin | douglas | arthur | carolyn

[consultingblogger]

So happy to hear Martin is doing well 😂

I’m a huge fan of Cabin Pressure, recommend it to anyone.

[whodwantmeasaflatmate]

Does anyone else besides me start giggling when Sherlock first speaks as the French waiter in s3 e1 because all they hear is Captain Martin de Creiff? I want him to recount how he escaped a Bear Polar with nothing but an egg wisk and a pogo stick as he is attempting to "surprise" John.

[mywingsareonwheels]

Me in real life: I get on best with people who express their feelings easily and openly, and with whom I can exchange good wishes and love sincerely and lots.

Me watching/reading things: PEOPLE WHO LOVE EACH OTHER SO SO MUCH BUT NEVER SAY SO MY BELOVEDS.

(To be fair, that is partly so that then i can read fanfic in which they finally tell each other and it’s the best thing ever. ;-) :D )

[missivesfromtroy]

I was reminded today that back in September, on my way up to Solvang, I saw a minivan with the vanity plate of MJNAIR.

If it wasn't a reference to Cabin Pressure, then I don't want to know because it continues to delight me.

[rebeccasteventaylor]

Listening to Cabin Pressure S1 - and this was the one I saw recorded.

You see it’s possible (at least it was then) to get free tickets to see BBC Radio productions being recorded. So I got a ticket to see a brand new unknown comedy programme being recorded purely because it starred Roger Allam (it was before Sherlock so no-one knew who Benedict Cumberbatch was then)

Some times this can be a bit hit and miss. But this was brilliant from the beginning. I saw two episodes being recorded and the were fantastic.

Then I had to go to an obscure studio near a prison to see the next two.

And then back to broadcasting house to see the next two and by now news has spread and it was quite busy.

And by the time Season 2 came about everyone loved it and it was impossible to get tickets. But I am very proud when I listen to the recording of Season 1 and every time the audience laughs, I’m one of the people laughing.

[jessiangravelblr]

Cara Delevingne Burberry

[kwistowee]

CABIN PRESSURE ➥ 3.04 - Ottery St. Mary x

[thebraxiatelcollection]

"We're like a family here!" Code Red. Run away fast, run fast now.

"We're like a family here at MJN Air." WHERE CAN I BE PART OF THIS FAMILY.

[outofcontextcabinquotes]

fine, Fine, Fine, Fine, FINE!

Well anything you say five times must be true.

[anthonycrowley]

okay finished the show so now i must admit something. i lie awake at night thinking about what will happen to me if john finnemore puts a throwaway reference to his niche audio sitcom from bbc radio 4 in gomens season 2. it's possible. why not. what if he does. what if he like, accidentally implies that it takes place in the gomens universe. i don't think he will do that but do you know what that will do to my psyche. the risk alone is driving me to the brink.

[cantankerousfish]

our resident sky god

martin | douglas | arthur | carolyn

[thegreenhairedwerewolf]

[mjn-air]

Just another flight on MJN Air 😄

this is peak Douglas Richardson behavior

[o-uncle-newt]

Cabin Pressure Advent Day 4: Douz

DOUZZZZZ!!!

OK so after my previous posts, where I was like "well these episodes aren't fully baked yet but soon we'll get to Douz which is where it gets really good," I kind of knew that I'd have to describe WHY I think that once I got here. So here's my attempt.

First of all, that's not to say that this is fully matured Cabin Pressure. The show builds and builds on itself and in my opinion consistently gets better. But I do think that Douz has some things that the prior episodes don't:

The obvious one is that we first see the cracks in MJN Air. Carolyn is vulnerable for the first time on the show (and TBH probably the first time ever? lol) and we now know not only that Carolyn's a bit of a tartar about money, but that she has to be to keep the company going.

Plus, Douglas now knows what the real stakes are, because now HIS job is on the line too- so he can't just mess around as easily with Martin anymore to sabotage him in revenge, like he did here by planting the idea in Martin's head that Jutteau was trying to scam him and sitting back to await the disaster. There's a boundary now- his revenge or hijinks can't risk the operation of the airline. We also now know that it's not just that there's a general power struggle and Douglas tends to be pretty sneaky- we know that Douglas is the guy who always has a plan, and that's a role he's going to stay in for the rest of the show.

A lot of this does end up coming down to Yves Jutteau just being kind of an amazing cartoon villain, and that's one of the great things that allows the zaniness of the plot to work. Not to ruminate excessively over Cremona, but that one fell flat to me plot wise, partly because it felt just a bit too complicated and contrived. The Douz plot is less complicated (it also doesn't have a B plot, besides for Arthur taking the airline photo, but everything has more space to breathe), and I think it's paced a bit better so that it feels like a relatively natural setup, but in some ways the ending is equally unlikely, if not more so- why is it a massive legality problem to take off but not to DRIVE AN AIRPLANE ON A HIGHWAY?! (After looking on Google Maps, Douz to Qibili is moving AWAY from the desert TOWARD more populated areas, so it seems kind of risky.) That's where Jutteau is so brilliant, and Hester Macaulay fell short- she was just an unpleasant woman, and Jutteau is a cackling adversary- and incidentally also played HILARIOUSLY by John Sessions. When you're dealing with the fallout for a situation involving a normal-scale unpleasant woman, you expect that fallout to feel normal-scaled; when your adversary is a veritable comic book baddie, the big daring escape can feel more cartoonish in scope.

So basically what we have now is- the show's still growing and changing, but now we know that the existence of this airline is going to be the thing that drives them forward. (Well, not Martin, exactly, because as of two episodes ago he was looking for other jobs- but he's always going to do his best anyway, and we don't know yet that he's not being paid here.) Douglas and Carolyn, both VERY strong personalities, know that they will sometimes have to sublimate themselves for the sake of the airline- which is basically doing that for each other and for the other members of the team. (Arthur, of course, benefits from this because we already kind of know that this is the sort of guy who's living his best life and that shouldn't be fucked up for him.)

Which means that something really important has had ground laid here- the idea that they all need each other, rely on each other, and are all identified with this airline/airdot. And where would the rest of the show be without that?

Also, at some point this will stop being the kind of thing that's specifically noticeable to point out, but Benedict Cumberbatch by now has gotten veritably enthusiastic in the credits! It's very fun.

[mizjoely]

Random fandom question for your Monday!

Pilot Strike, Cabin Pressure Edition!

How does each character react to an airline strike at MJN Air?

"You cannot go on strike!"

"Why not?"

"For one thing, Martin, we're not actually a commercial airline, we are a charter airline. And for another thing, one must be unionized in order to strike. Douglas! did you put him up to this?"

"I? A mere co-pilot? Second in command? How could I possibly influence our fearless leader?"

"But Douglas, I thought you said it would be funny to wind both Martin and Mum up at the same time?"