For all you thinking of flying this Christmas Season; yes I said
"Christmas"
 
 
 
The passengers on a commercial airliner have been seated and are
awaiting 
 the cockpit crew to get them under way. A murmur is heard in the back
of 
 the plane, and a few passengers on the aisle glance back to see the
pilot 
and copilot, both wearing large, dark sunglasses, making their way up to

the cockpit. However, 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 seeing-eye guide dog. As they pass by the rows of passengers 
there are nervous giggles heard, as people are thinking that it must be 
some sort of practical joke. 
 
But a few minutes after the cockpit door has closed behind them the 
engines start spooling up and the airplane taxis out to the runway. The 
passengers look at each other with some uneasiness, whispering among 
themselves and shifting uneasily or gripping the armrests more tightly. 
 
As the airplane starts accelerating rapidly, people begin panicking.
Some 
passengers are praying, and as the plane gets closer and closer to the 
end of the runway, passengers become more and more hysterical! Finally,
when 
the airplane has less only a few seconds of runway left, the shouts of 
horror fill the cabin as everyone screams at once, but 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 Captain: "You know, one of these days the passengers are going to 
 scream too late, and we're gonna get killed!" 
 
 

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