إن شاء الله

InšaʾAllāh, which translates into English as "God willing" or "If it is God's will", is a handy little phrase when you don't want to take responsibility for the failure of something - anything from punctuality to actual success of a product.

"Insha'Allah, I'll get that report to you next week/the air conditioning will work/we will get that grant."

However, one does not really want to hear it when it comes to being on a flight.

"Dear passengers, we are now flying 30 thousand feet over Karachi, and Insha'Allah we will reach Multan in approximately 55 minutes."

Which to my un-Muslim ear sounds a lot like

"Dear passengers, we are now flying 30 thousand feet over Karachi, and if we are lucky we wont crash and die before we reach Multan."

Call me a heretic, but when both the cabin staff and flight crew are invoking "Insha'Allah" to reach our destination, it really does not invite much confidence in PIA.

I'm all for religious humility, but one does have to have limits.