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How to be a Pilot

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  • 03-08-2007 12:49am
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    One day at a busy airport, the passengers on a commercial airliner are
    seated, waiting for the cockpit crew to show up so they can get under
    way.

    The pilot and co-pilot 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 co-pilot 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 spooling up and the airplane starts moving down the runway.

    The passengers look at each other with some uneasiness, whispering
    among themselves and looking desperately to the stewardesses 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 less than 20 feet of runway left, there
    is a sudden change in the pitch of the shouts as everyone screams at
    once, and then at the very last moment the airplane lifts off and is
    airborne.

    Up in the cockpit, the co-pilot breathes a sigh of relief and turns to
    the Captain: "You know, one of these days the passengers aren't going
    to scream, and we're gonna get killed!"


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