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 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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