The Blind Pilots

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 they're
going to scream too late, and we're gonna get killed!"