A Delta pilot flying out of California recently discovered a note from the plane’s previous captain detailing a “very chilling” experience upon landing at the same airport over a year ago, writes CW39.

First Officer Nick Perez, who has been flying with Delta Air Lines for just under five years, found the handwritten letter on June 1 while preparing to bring one of Delta’s grounded A321 aircraft out of storage at California’s Victorville Airport. The plane had been parked at the facility 435 days before amid plummeting demand for air travel as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.

As Perez soon learned, the note was purposely left behind by First Officer Chris Dennis, who had tucked it inside a tray table on the flight deck.

Dennis had flown the A321 to Victorville from the Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport (MSP) on March 23, 2020. Upon landing, he felt compelled to document his feelings upon seeing rows and rows of other out-of-service aircraft and envisioning what that may signal for the air travel industry.

“Hey pilots - It’s March 23rd and we just arrived from MSP. Very chilling to see so much of our fleet here in the desert,” wrote Dennis. “If you are here to pick it up then the light must be at the end of the tunnel. Amazing how fast it changed. Have a safe flight bringing it out of storage!”