Last Chance Airlines!!

Robert Goodale rrg@nevada.edu
Thu, 18 May 2000 07:50:46 -0700


LOL, ROFL, Etc!!!!

This is a GREAT story.  It almost sounds like fiction.  This
would be a great movie scene, perhaps a Chevy Chase "vacation" scene or
maybe Steve Martin could be the pilot?

Ha ha!!  I'm going to save this e-mail.

Rob Goodale, RPT
Las Vegas, NV




Ted Simmons wrote:

> 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!



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