> -----Original Message-----
> From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Tom Marchant
>
> I used to joke about the time I chased the plane down the
> runway and they stopped to let me on. That was when I was
> flying out of City Airport from Detroit to Cleveland every
> morning and back every afternoon for several months. What
> actually happened that time was that the plane had closed the
> doors and was getting ready to go when I ran up to the ticket
> counter. The woman at the counter say me and immediately
> called the pilot, who stopped and opened the door. I checked
> in and boarded the plane.
>
> Then one day, when I had been flying between Detroit and
> Erie, PA every week for a few months. The plane had already
> started moving and I ran out there and flagged the pilot
> down. That was a 7 seat Piper Navajo, and there was no
> ticket agent. The pilot did it all. He stopped and let me on.
>
> No way that could happen today....
Indeed. Nowadays your body would have so many bullet holes in it, it
couldn't be identified.
-jc-
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