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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 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, >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!"