Qantas video of off-duty pilot doing selfless act goes viral

A mum’s video on board a Qantas flight has gone viral with more than 500k views, following the sweet gesture of an off-duty pilot.

An off-duty pilot on board a Qantas flight has gone viral, after offering his business class seat to a young girl with a mobility aid.

According to TikTok account @travelling_abilities, the pilot – who was not working at the time of the flight – spotted the young girl “making her way down the loading bridge” towards the cabin entry.

Getting up from his seat, the unnamed pilot “proceeded to offer her his business class seat so she would have more leg room”.

@travelling_abilities This off duty @Qantas pilot watched as Miss 12 made her way down the loading bridge on our flight to #coolangatta. He proceeded to offer her his BUSINESS CLASS SEAT so she would have “more leg room”. We kindly declined, and he again checked one more time before taking his seat!!!! I was moved. And Miss 12 was mad 😂 Thank you Mr Pilot, you made this Mumma so proud!!! #qantas #pilot #gooddeed #hsp #travellingaustralia #travellingfamily #disability ♬ Cloudy Day (Acoustic) - Tones And I

While the woman, who didn’t reveal her name, “kindly declined” the offer — said she was “moved” and “so proud” by the man’s generosity.

The video, which has been viewed on the social media platform more than 580,000 times, was met with praise for the “good guy”.

News.com.au has reached out to the mum for comment.

Want to stream your news? Flash lets you stream 25+ news channels in 1 place. New to Flash? Try 1 month free. Offer ends 31 October, 2022 >

The man was allegedly an off-duty Qantas pilot.

The off-duty pilot offered his seat to a young girl with a mobility aid.

Earlier this month, a pilot in the U.S. went viral after making a heartwarming announcement congratulating a passenger who had just beaten breast cancer.

Passenger Jyrl Oldham was board the plane on her way to Hawaii to celebrate beating breast cancer when the pilot chimed in over the loud speaker to inform the rest of the cabin about her incredible feat.

“I would like to add a special welcome to a special guest on today’s flight,” the pilot can be heard telling the cabin in a video that went viral.

“We have a passenger who is headed to Hawaii with us today to celebrate her victory over late stage breast cancer.”

Following the announcement, the sound of applause swept throughout the cabin before the pilot on board the Southwest Airlines added how she “fought valiantly” throughout the treatment.

“Please join me in giving her, Jryl Oldham, a round of applause,” he can be heard saying.

“Here in today’s environment it just makes it special that we can share that human bond to take care of each other,” the pilot adds.

“Everybody’s a big family out there. Welcome aboard, congratulations.”

The video, which was posted to Instagram by her friend Valeri Jones, has since been viewed 13.8 million times.

It included the caption: “Thanks Southwest Air for this memory. We will remember it always.”