One day at a busy airport,
the passengers on a commercial airliner are seated waiting for the pilot to show
up so they can get under way.
The pilot and copilot finally appear in the rear of the plane and begin walking
up to the cockpit through the center aisle. Both appear to be blind; the pilot
is using a white cane, bumping into passengers right and left as he stumbles
down the aisle. The copilot is using a guide dog. Both have their eyes covered
with sunglasses.
At first, the passengers do not react thinking that it must be some sort of
practical joke. After a few minutes though, the engines start revving, and the
airplane begins moving down the runway.
The passengers look at each other with some uneasiness. They start whispering
among themselves and look desperately to the stewardesses for reassurance.
Yet, the plane starts accelerating rapidly, and people begin panicking. Some
passengers are praying, and as the plane gets closer and closer to the end of
the runway, the voices are becoming more and more hysterical.
When the plane has less than twenty feet of runway left, there is a sudden
change in the pitch of the shouts as everyone screams at once. At the very last
moment, the plane lifts off and is airborne.
Up in the cockpit, the copilot breathes a sigh of relief and tells the pilot:
"You know, one of these days the passengers aren't going to scream, and we
aren't going to know when to take off!" |
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