Why the United Nations Runs Its Own Airline

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Komentáře • 493

  • @RyanKusuma
    @RyanKusuma Před rokem +2484

    Sam always finds a way to talk about airplanes. Even the UN isn’t safe

  • @YouAreBreathing
    @YouAreBreathing Před rokem +969

    I'm just amazed at the stock video footage that is available.
    Who would think of using a knife to cut food that's not there?

    • @braydengraves4655
      @braydengraves4655 Před rokem +35

      I was thinking the exact same thing!

    • @ZaHandle
      @ZaHandle Před rokem +31

      Stock images are even more extreme

    • @pratyushjayachandran
      @pratyushjayachandran Před rokem +33

      @1:02 if anyone is wondering because I had to re-watch it to laugh

    • @jamril1936
      @jamril1936 Před rokem +21

      I believe Sam waited ages to use the stock footage: "Child Pretending to be an Airplane while Running on the Beach." @3:29 This was finally his chance.

    • @EminencePhront
      @EminencePhront Před 4 měsíci +2

      Just wait till AI-generated video reaches parity with the real stuff and then you'll see some seriously weird shit.

  • @ac31o19
    @ac31o19 Před rokem +1553

    My dad flew on UNHAS a couple days ago. Nice airline and the crew even let him take a photo with the plane. Shame they only serve water on the flight. On a real note they are a fascinating airline and cool logistical study. Nice video!

    • @jonathanshaw6784
      @jonathanshaw6784 Před rokem +149

      What? The World Food Program doesn't serve food on their flights?

    • @planefan082
      @planefan082 Před rokem +102

      @@jonathanshaw6784 I mean, to be fair, I don't know if a catering terminal is readily available at all of their destinations

    • @maazkalim
      @maazkalim Před rokem +1

      {Only-&-only to the OP: }Utter shame that your dad is a greedy gut who isn't capable to think beyond his consumerism.

    • @planefan082
      @planefan082 Před rokem +22

      @@maazkalim Not necessarily their dad; they never mentioned their dad complaining about it

    • @maazkalim
      @maazkalim Před rokem +2

      Regardless...
      "The OP" was shameless about his entitlement, so.. "@@planefan082"

  • @androk.
    @androk. Před rokem +153

    1:51 Sam’s writers have made a small breakthrough to freedom

  • @filippoformoso9690
    @filippoformoso9690 Před rokem +232

    Subtitle: "This should have been a Wendover Production video, but we couldn't find enough stuff to make it 20 mins long, so it ended up here"

    • @alex_zetsu
      @alex_zetsu Před 2 měsíci

      Well I mean he also have visual jokes on this video, which fits with the half as interesting chanel.

    • @JamieElli
      @JamieElli Před měsícem +1

      Well, it fits with the channel name Half as Interesting (as a Wendover video), I guess.

  • @tryxdc
    @tryxdc Před rokem +430

    well how else are they meant to unite the nations?

    • @kjl3080
      @kjl3080 Před rokem +20

      @Rare one silence bot

    •  Před rokem +9

      Glue and string, like everyone else!

    • @handlemonium
      @handlemonium Před rokem +6

      Um.......an army of "peacekeeping" troops?

    • @jonhall2274
      @jonhall2274 Před rokem +5

      @@kjl3080 I'd say report it for terrorism &/or child abuse since reporting for spam has never worked, and as you'd think something like that would alert CZcams's algorithm, but then again, CZcams could NOT give less fucks.

    • @sirpixel7945
      @sirpixel7945 Před rokem

      Smash tournament, who ever wins owns the world

  • @squeaksquawk4255
    @squeaksquawk4255 Před rokem +778

    "They had to figure out how to airdtrop 1.5 million tonnes of food into Sudan while somehow convinving both sides of a civil war not to kill them"
    How can you say something like that and then not elaborate?! We need a video on this!!!

    • @adrianhv3083
      @adrianhv3083 Před rokem +31

      I now want a movie about this

    • @Ginrikuzuma
      @Ginrikuzuma Před rokem +70

      because then it would be interesting

    • @thischannelisforcommenting5680
      @thischannelisforcommenting5680 Před rokem +75

      The Logistics of Airdropping Food in Sudan War

    • @kenos911
      @kenos911 Před rokem +11

      @@adrianhv3083 but instead of the movie being about the war, it’s about the airdroppers

    • @ericburton5163
      @ericburton5163 Před rokem +44

      To be fair alot of UN peacekeeping and aid forces have been attacked while operating insane logistics. I mean Black Hawk Down was made into a movie because it was Americans who were killed, but this happens to lots of UN peacekeepers and aid workers all of the time, while they are performing some insanely complex work.

  • @ssundgaard
    @ssundgaard Před rokem +150

    So what you’re saying is that I have a good business case in creating an airline that flies where the UN does but at a lower price?

    • @Nathannorris744
      @Nathannorris744 Před rokem

      Unless you get shot down

    • @purplerabbit638
      @purplerabbit638 Před rokem +27

      You wouldn't be able to because you wouldn't be able to get insurance or it would be exorbitant lol.

    • @magica3526
      @magica3526 Před rokem +38

      @@purplerabbit638 yes, thats the only problem with the plan

    • @p00bix
      @p00bix Před rokem +3

      Maybe something like that could be possible if it was a private contractor funded by the UN, but otherwise the risk is way too high and reward way too low

    • @p00bix
      @p00bix Před rokem +23

      @RedDot How has CZcams not figured out how to eliminate these bots?? They're everywhere

  • @jasonselling
    @jasonselling Před rokem +63

    UNHAS is pronounced by those who use or operate it as a single word, like the opposite of Has is Un-has. Not each individual letter.

    • @chimpazoo1143
      @chimpazoo1143 Před rokem +6

      and it also means "Fingernails" in portuguese

    • @chaosXP3RT
      @chaosXP3RT Před rokem +11

      I'll pronounce UNHAS however I want. What're they gonna do, send their Peacekeepers after me?

    • @scythal
      @scythal Před rokem +11

      @@chaosXP3RT You've clearly disturbed the peace with that comment, so yes they will

    • @chaosXP3RT
      @chaosXP3RT Před rokem +2

      @@scythal Lmao

  • @jammymcjammerson5318
    @jammymcjammerson5318 Před rokem +70

    1:49 that's a kc-135, left over wing hatch and neighboring passenger seats. On the right you can see the apu bleed air supply pipe and cargo door safety net. On the left is the "20" person life raft. 20 people will fit but will have a hard time being friends afterward

  • @AveryChow
    @AveryChow Před rokem +20

    1:50 the vocal chops on this song are INSANE

    • @mlog92
      @mlog92 Před rokem +1

      Yea. What was that about?

    • @al.j.s
      @al.j.s Před rokem

      @@mlog92 probably the equivalent of beeping it out to avoid demonetization

    • @Killz4Dayz
      @Killz4Dayz Před 3 měsíci

      @@al.j.sthat makes no sense.

  • @ministe2003
    @ministe2003 Před rokem +74

    "If by party you mean famine" had me laughing out loud, not something that youtube videos do to me very often!

  • @killz2liv3
    @killz2liv3 Před rokem +22

    Wierd audio glitch at 1:51 for a couple seconds, obscuring a hooters joke.

  • @mt_xing
    @mt_xing Před rokem +160

    The new season of Jet Lag is already so good. Rooting for Ben and Adam for once; think it's their turn to finally win one.

    • @jaredf6205
      @jaredf6205 Před rokem +4

      You can hear the jet lag at 1:50

    • @heidirabenau511
      @heidirabenau511 Před rokem +1

      I knew Joseph from RLL would be in the Season 2

  • @HazmatPyro
    @HazmatPyro Před rokem +18

    2:33
    Oof. That was an unexpected brutal insult.
    The Newark Liberty International Airport jokes are always fun to hear

  • @steavf9455
    @steavf9455 Před rokem +7

    1:47 "You don't see Hooters [REDACTED] your local airport.

  • @BarrettCharlebois
    @BarrettCharlebois Před rokem +89

    Sam thank you for speaking about that org.
    Honestly, I’ve been trying to find a more fulfilling job than what I currently do, and you know what….I’m going to apply to work for them.

  • @technole
    @technole Před rokem +29

    Sam is right about Newark-Liberty airport being a warzone

    • @muenstercheese
      @muenstercheese Před rokem +2

      as someone living in the terrific state of new jersey, i can confirm

  • @sporq
    @sporq Před rokem +12

    I just wanted to point out that there actually WAS a Hooters Airline, from 2003 to 2006. I remember seeing ads for it at the time.

  • @HitTheFloor09
    @HitTheFloor09 Před rokem +16

    The fact that you present this factually while respectfully talking shit is my favourite thing.

  • @d33pNacho
    @d33pNacho Před rokem +53

    I love the way this channel uses the same stock footage that most "cheap" CZcams channels but somehow manages to make it engaging and fun to watch

  • @handlemonium
    @handlemonium Před rokem +60

    *"a better public transit network than most American cities have."*
    OUCH. Roasted 🔥

  • @robdavy4468
    @robdavy4468 Před rokem +83

    The real question we should be asking is what was wrong with the original lines that had to be de-dubbed in clearly a totally different physical space that sounded totally different. They were about things that could have been dicey, so my money is on Sam first having said something a little too close to the line

  • @austinthrowsstuff
    @austinthrowsstuff Před rokem +18

    I love this channel. There is actually a HOOTERS AIRLINE but he never even gives you that joke, he lets the people who know laugh

    • @kenos911
      @kenos911 Před rokem +2

      He made me check if there was and that made me laugh way harder lmao

    • @TracksideViews
      @TracksideViews Před rokem +1

      Was*

  • @ThePsychicFish
    @ThePsychicFish Před rokem +12

    3:47 That fake email which pops up for a second is too funny man!! I'll admit I haven't laughed that hard at something in a while!

  • @AverytheCubanAmerican
    @AverytheCubanAmerican Před rokem +11

    On the bright side of taking off from Newark Liberty, at least there's the chance Tony Soprano gets to see your plane as he's driving on the NJ Turnpike while listening to Woke Up This Morning by Alabama 3. And the airport has an Amtrak-NJ Transit hub...unlike other airports that don't have transit at all

    • @user-gb7cl8np3p
      @user-gb7cl8np3p Před rokem

      WHY ARE YOUR COMMENTS EVERYWHERE
      sorry

    • @RunawayTrain2502
      @RunawayTrain2502 Před rokem

      So what you are saying is that the best thing about Newark Airport is being able to get out of Newark?

  • @mattorr77
    @mattorr77 Před rokem +8

    4:08 “Boeing 737” but shows a pic of a 767. Sam up your game.
    Love the vids.

  • @jonasdatlas4668
    @jonasdatlas4668 Před rokem +12

    And back to our regularly scheduled program, plaaaaaaneeees!

  • @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un
    @SupremeLeaderKimJong-un Před rokem +12

    Just a head's up at 3:07, that's not the official flag of Afghanistan anymore. That was the flag of the US-puppet Islamic Republic of Afghanistan government that collapsed in August 2021. The current country's (which is the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan) flag is the same as the Taliban flag at 2:59

    • @Sar_y
      @Sar_y Před rokem

      Thank you supream leader of the real korea

  • @N0xium
    @N0xium Před rokem +14

    Let's hope they don't beat their customers like United or Delta

  • @tired1923
    @tired1923 Před rokem +6

    imagine living in a world where there once was a Hooters airline, that would be sooo crazy, who would even think of that

  • @kylemcconnaughey4611
    @kylemcconnaughey4611 Před rokem +4

    The audio at like 1:50 sounds strange for me, does it for anyone else?

  • @MarcTamlyn
    @MarcTamlyn Před rokem +4

    That email screenshot was worth pausing for, thank you

  • @61rampy65
    @61rampy65 Před rokem +14

    3:48 If only Sam from Half as Interesting were the same guy as Sam from Wendover, he could book a flight! (Along with Mr Beast). I have to admit I got a good laugh from that.

  • @patrickhanft
    @patrickhanft Před rokem +41

    You probably should collaborate with Sam from Wendover. They might let him use the UNHAS. Only question remaining: Would his content be funny all the time, or not at all?

  • @12_terabyte57
    @12_terabyte57 Před rokem +7

    Another video about air stuff! Hooray!

  • @khanra
    @khanra Před rokem +5

    there are actually still several international routes from Kabul on commercial airlines - including between Kabul and Doha on Ariana Afghan Airlines

  • @loduk102
    @loduk102 Před rokem +9

    Thank you for making videos, Sam! I love humor and learning at the same time.

  • @pirunkar
    @pirunkar Před rokem +1

    1:50 is just something else lol

  • @lawrencefriduss8476
    @lawrencefriduss8476 Před rokem +5

    1:51 ???? What happened there?

  • @henke37
    @henke37 Před rokem +45

    You'd be surprised how big the overlap between commercial airlines and warzones actually is.

  • @kjl3080
    @kjl3080 Před rokem +2

    Yay more plane videos from HAI

  • @patrickm.4469
    @patrickm.4469 Před rokem +1

    3:48 amazing!

  • @needlearon
    @needlearon Před rokem +6

    Wait, you said they had a 737 but showed a 767-200! Still great vid!

  • @earthling_parth
    @earthling_parth Před rokem +1

    I really appreciate the work UNHAS does. All power to them 🙌

  • @jiajianhou426
    @jiajianhou426 Před rokem +2

    Love the constant NYC airport roast lol.

  • @TraderPulse
    @TraderPulse Před rokem +7

    The amount of good jokes in this video is insane 10/10

  • @bernadettan6732
    @bernadettan6732 Před 6 měsíci +2

    "Or just kinda hanging out while a genocide happens" SOME THINGS NEVER CHANGE DO THEY

  • @Tetrahedral-Justin
    @Tetrahedral-Justin Před rokem +2

    My father needed to go on a business trip to Orlando when I was little, and so he used it as an excuse to take the family on vacation. We flew on Hooters Air. I had in-flight teddy bear graham crackers.

  • @wbokhari8860
    @wbokhari8860 Před rokem +2

    I saw their planes in Islamabad in December 2021 as they were operating to Afghanistan. There were three of them, and they were really small planes (probably sat 10-16 pax max).

  • @yoshi-808
    @yoshi-808 Před rokem +1

    Being half as interesting as Sam from wendover is quite a blow!!!

  • @iAPX432
    @iAPX432 Před rokem

    Great answer from the WFP! Kudos!

  • @SacredDirt
    @SacredDirt Před rokem +1

    "w the exception of Newark.." probably the funniest thing you've ever said on any of your channels! Been watching for years.

  • @jetx_47
    @jetx_47 Před rokem +1

    Keep the Newark Airport roasts coming, Sam!

  • @ronjon7942
    @ronjon7942 Před měsícem +1

    Wait, Sam? Fron Wendover?? Subscribed.

  • @afatcatfromsweden
    @afatcatfromsweden Před rokem

    New Wendover video just dropped!

  • @ogigami
    @ogigami Před rokem +1

    It isn't a HAI plane video without good ol' Newark Airport bashing!

  • @qzbnyv
    @qzbnyv Před rokem

    3:41 it’s the country train platform at Sydney’s Central Station!

  • @ccityplanner1217
    @ccityplanner1217 Před 25 dny +1

    Let's crowdfund to buy a jet airliner and donate it to the World Food Programme on the condition that Sam gets to travel on it whenever he likes.

  • @epender
    @epender Před rokem

    3:40 Never thought I'd see Copenhagen Central Station on Wendover- I mean HAI's video 😆

  • @Liam_219
    @Liam_219 Před rokem +1

    4:06 “one Boeing 737” *shows 767*

  • @mazincraft1
    @mazincraft1 Před rokem +2

    a perk of being sudanese is i get to see UN aircrafts and vehicles almost everyday lol

  • @TanyaOfMars
    @TanyaOfMars Před rokem +1

    Waiting now for the in-depth Wendover video on “The Logistics Behind the UN’s Airlines”

  • @killiancogan886
    @killiancogan886 Před rokem +1

    1:51 *cencered by hooters*

  • @John-Smith02
    @John-Smith02 Před rokem +1

    1:50 - 1:53 HAI.exe has stopped working

  • @ackelcurns4814
    @ackelcurns4814 Před rokem +2

    why did the audio at around 1:50

  • @corro202
    @corro202 Před rokem

    Great video.

  • @beatboxlanguage
    @beatboxlanguage Před rokem +1

    Love, world food programme

  • @thecasualparry7797
    @thecasualparry7797 Před rokem +7

    TL;DR:
    Humanitarian Uber Eats

  • @S1mp1l0t
    @S1mp1l0t Před rokem +1

    Small editing mistake, 4:08 is a 767-200, not a 737 as stated.

  • @ChristopherMahn
    @ChristopherMahn Před rokem +2

    3:47 Mr. Beast should make a video about these flights, when I see this email correctly. That would be good publicity.

  • @alexoestreicher1092
    @alexoestreicher1092 Před rokem +2

    How long before aviation review CZcamsrs lie to get their way on this airline and then write some clickbait title, “I flew the UN’s SECRET airline and it was FILTHY!”

  • @doubleturtle2103
    @doubleturtle2103 Před rokem

    1:51 sounds funky

  • @gordanbabic8028
    @gordanbabic8028 Před rokem +2

    "Sahel region is essentially the party center of the world. if by party you mean famine."

  • @allaab9385
    @allaab9385 Před rokem +1

    Let me make you jealous, I used UNHAS on a regular basis throughout the time of the pandemic, when I worked for WFP and DRC

  • @mindblown9
    @mindblown9 Před 5 měsíci

    4:23 the best/most practical problem soving organization in the world doesn't seem to be too hard to beat these days

  • @mountainsan7618
    @mountainsan7618 Před rokem +4

    Alaska Airlines was built around this concept too of doing flights where no one else would in rural Alaska.

    • @User31129
      @User31129 Před rokem

      So was Qantas (Queensland and Northern Territory Air Service). Alaska and Australia are mostly empty for the same reasons. The predominant weather and terrain is something very few people want to live in.

  • @derekkang8126
    @derekkang8126 Před rokem +5

    I read the title as “Why United Airlines runs its own nation” got me pretty confused lmao

  • @_Mohit_Joshi
    @_Mohit_Joshi Před rokem +5

    FYI, Air India never suspended its services to Afghanistan either.
    Plus, India sends humanitarian aid to the people of Afghanistan via India's port in Iran. (Since land route is blocked, as Pakistan doesn't want aid to reach Afghanistan).

  • @thestocksource8393
    @thestocksource8393 Před rokem +1

    Did anyone else’s audio have a seizure during the hooters bit?

  • @hoosiervr
    @hoosiervr Před 4 měsíci +1

    1:51 10/10 audio

  • @five-toedslothbear4051

    Pulses, haven’t heard that term used since I was reading Guns, Germs, and Steel.

  • @Kelfuma
    @Kelfuma Před rokem

    Lol was that rejection email from the WFP real? I got a good laugh out of that.

  • @MandoMonge
    @MandoMonge Před rokem

    Just this morning I saw a plane from the UN in Doha...AND then I find this on my recommended...perfect timing!

  • @actng
    @actng Před rokem

    3:47 troll email had me reading

  • @troelsfischerthomsen1892

    Sometimes you just have to stop and enjoy stock video of places you know, Copenhagen central Station - Denmark, is in there.

  • @Mathtron5000
    @Mathtron5000 Před rokem +4

    Not gonna lie, I thought the title said "anime" and I thought it was something I already knew about

    • @unraged6004
      @unraged6004 Před rokem

      I assume you're talking about hetalia

    • @jannikheidemann3805
      @jannikheidemann3805 Před rokem +1

      There are official UN animes being made?!

    • @unraged6004
      @unraged6004 Před rokem

      @@jannikheidemann3805 no but they're probably talking about hetalia

  • @JonathanNilens
    @JonathanNilens Před rokem

    That WFP mail is hilarious 🤣

  • @kalebwieland4938
    @kalebwieland4938 Před rokem

    The Email response is hilariouuuus!

  • @stevenfaw8535
    @stevenfaw8535 Před 5 měsíci

    There used to be hey Hooters airline. My friend Melissa‘s mother was the administrative assistant to the president of the airline until it went out of business.😂🤣😂

  • @weldonmack
    @weldonmack Před rokem

    I watched this on nebula earlier, but come to CZcams for the comments and to smash the like button.

  • @BrendanGeormer
    @BrendanGeormer Před rokem

    This video sounds like it was recorded in Fangak, or on the plane to it.

  • @verylongname8161
    @verylongname8161 Před rokem +3

    Im most excited for the return of newark international airport slander

  • @TilmanBaumann
    @TilmanBaumann Před rokem

    I so want this response from World Food Programme at 3:48 to be true.

  • @andrewirwin
    @andrewirwin Před rokem +1

    "I'm an aviation expert and I know that planes aren't food" 🤣🤣🤣

  • @user-ov2fc5sd1e
    @user-ov2fc5sd1e Před rokem

    4:02 the way he said actual lol

  • @emrepeker09
    @emrepeker09 Před rokem +2

    That's a pretty big Boeing 737 lol

  • @RichTiger7
    @RichTiger7 Před rokem +2

    "...with the exception of Newark International Airport." ROFLASTC

  • @victoriaregina8344
    @victoriaregina8344 Před rokem +1

    🤣
    There was indeed a hooters air.

  • @HopeRock425
    @HopeRock425 Před rokem

    2:38 Finally a Newark Airport joke, we haven't had one in a *long* time.