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 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 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 at the very last
moment the airplane lifts
off and is airborne.
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!
