Have you noticed they don't say "welcome to..." on the plane until it has safely landed?
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Oddjob
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Yeah...I guess they always expect things to go horribly awry. Oh, and how can people who are just arriving themselves possibly welcome you? Doesn't that defy some law of physics?
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Well, you technically do not enter the country until you have passed through passport/security control. Until then you are in a kind of international limbo zone.
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I never noticed taht. Hmm... good question!
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An astute observation. Guess they're not sure whether they're going to be saying the name of a place or the words "your death."
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I think it is a form of crowd control. As soon as they say "welcome to" there are always a number of eager beavers that are unbuckled and dragging out their luggage. So they at least wait till they are on the ground.
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Of course. Why would they say welcome to somewhere before you have actually arrived there? How long before could they say it? Five minute?, Ten minutes? An hour? As soon as the doors have closed on departure? It strikes me as a slightly pleasanter way of saying "we have actually landed in so-and-so" and, as such, should be said when you have landed.
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on the bus, train or taxi does it say welcome, it would be funny it the cab driver would say welcome to my cab, this is where my office is, is there anything i can get u to drink, well be at our destination in five minutes please buckle your seatbelts we are about to take off
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