One day at a busy airport, the passengers on a commercial airliner
were seated waiting for the cockpit crew to show up so they could get
underway. 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 and the
copilot is using a guide dog. Both have their eyes covered with huge
sunglasses.
At first the passengers do not react, thinking that it must be
some sort of practical joke. However, after a few minutes the engines
start revving and the airplane moves down the runway.
The passengers look at each other with some uneasiness, whispering
among themselves and looking desperately to the stewardess for
reassurance.
Then the airplane 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.
Finally, when the airplane has 20 feet of runway left, there is a
sudden change in the pitch of the shouts as everyone screams at once,
and at the very last moment the airplane lifts off and is airborn.
Up in the cockpit, the copilot breathes a sigh of relief and turns
to the pilot, "You know, one of these days the passengers aren't going
to scream, and we're gonna get killed!"
Lil_S_Monk
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