[Rhodes22-list] Two blind pilots (Humor)

[Michael D. Weisner]

John,

Very, very, very funny.  I could just picture it.

I think that the last SWA flight I took was piloted by these guys, based on 
the "landing by feel" that I was subjected to (very unusual for SWA and not 
recommended for the 737.)  I always thought that the SWA pilots had the 
smoothest landings in the biz - well not on the ISP-JAN-ISP run in December. 
Weather was picture perfect, little if any crosswind.  Just found Z-alt the 
hard way.

Mike
s/v Shanghai'd Summer ('81)
Nissequogue River, NY

From: "John Lock" <jlock at relevantarts.com> Friday, February 01, 2008 11:17 
AM
> Two blind pilots board an airliner, both wearing dark glasses. One is
> using a guide dog and the other is tapping his way along the aisle
> with a cane.
>
> Nervous laughter spreads through the cabin, but the men enter the
> cockpit, the door closes and the engines start up. The passengers
> begin glancing nervously around, searching for some sign that this is
> just a little practical joke. None is forthcoming.
>
> The plane moves faster and faster down the runway and the people
> sitting in the window seats realize they're headed straight for the
> water at the edge of the airport. As it begins to look as though the
> plane will plow into the water, panicked screams fill the cabin.
>
> At that moment, the plane lifts smoothly into the air. The passengers
> relax and laugh a little sheepishly and soon all retreat into their
> magazines, secure in the knowledge that the plane is in good hands.
>
> In the cockpit, one of the blind pilots turns to the other and says,
> "Ya know, Bob, one of these days, they're gonna scream too late and
> we're all gonna die."
>
>
> John Lock
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> s/v Pandion - '79 Rhodes 22
> Lake Sinclair, GA
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