blind pilot
Posted: Fri Sep 15, 2006 2:37 pm
I was flying from San Francisco to Los Angeles. By the time we took off,
there had been a 45-minute delay and everybody on board was ticked.
Unexpectedly, we stopped in Sacramento on the way. The flight attendant
explained that there would be another 45-minute delay, and if we wanted to
get off the aircraft, we would reboard in 30 minutes.
Everybody got off the plane except one gentleman who was blind. I noticed
him as I walked by and could tell he had flown before because his Seeing Eye
dog lay quietly underneath the seats in front of him throughout the entire
flight.
I could also tell he had flown this very flight before because the
pilot approached him and, calling him by name, said, "Keith, we're in
Sacramento for almost an hour. Would you like to get off and stretch your
legs?"
Keith replied, "No thanks, but maybe my dog would like to stretch his
legs."
Picture this... all the people in the gate area came to a completely
quiet standstill when they looked up and saw the pilot walk off the plane
with the Seeing Eye dog! The pilot was even wearing sunglasses.
People scattered. They not only tried to change planes, they also were
trying to change airlines!
Archived topic from Iceteks, old topic ID:4535, old post ID:36148
there had been a 45-minute delay and everybody on board was ticked.
Unexpectedly, we stopped in Sacramento on the way. The flight attendant
explained that there would be another 45-minute delay, and if we wanted to
get off the aircraft, we would reboard in 30 minutes.
Everybody got off the plane except one gentleman who was blind. I noticed
him as I walked by and could tell he had flown before because his Seeing Eye
dog lay quietly underneath the seats in front of him throughout the entire
flight.
I could also tell he had flown this very flight before because the
pilot approached him and, calling him by name, said, "Keith, we're in
Sacramento for almost an hour. Would you like to get off and stretch your
legs?"
Keith replied, "No thanks, but maybe my dog would like to stretch his
legs."
Picture this... all the people in the gate area came to a completely
quiet standstill when they looked up and saw the pilot walk off the plane
with the Seeing Eye dog! The pilot was even wearing sunglasses.
People scattered. They not only tried to change planes, they also were
trying to change airlines!
Archived topic from Iceteks, old topic ID:4535, old post ID:36148