Aziraphale may catch Pallidus, whose hand he was holding when the falling began and who (unlike Crowley) he could not assume would fly himself to safety--and he would attempt to catch who he could before it was clear the Miles would assist (women and children first, though he's inclined to think Miss Yotsuyu has this handled)--but it's almost all for naught when he hastily turns to scold Crowley.

"Crowley! Mind your language! There are children!" he says, as if the word hasn't already been used before. As if he hadn't been thinking it when the ground dropped out from beneath them either.

"And anyway. I thought you enjoyed a bit of style."