Airplane III or IV Type of Urban Incident

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Robert Cohen - 27 Sep 2007 00:18 GMT

A WOMAN was flying from Seattle to San Francisco. Unexpectedly, the
plane was diverted to Sacramento along the way. The flight attendant
explained that there would be a delay, and if the passengers wanted to
get off the aircraft the plane would re-board in 50 minutes.

Everybody got off the plane except one lady who was blind. The man had
noticed her as he walked by and could tell the lady was blind because
her Seeing Eye dog lay quietly underneath the seats in front of her
throughout the entire flight.

He could also tell she had flown this very flight before because the
pilot approached her, and calling her by name, said, "Kathy, we are in
Sacramento for almost an hour. Would you like to get off and stretch
your legs?" The blind lady replied, "No thanks, but maybe Buddy would
like to stretch his legs."

Picture this:

All the people in the gate area came to a complete standstill when
they looked up and saw the pilot walk off the plane with a Seeing Eye
dog!
This is a True Story ... and remember ........

THINGS AREN'T ALWAYS AS THEY APPEAR.

wacky poster's note: i'm guessing the above is an oldie but goodie,
not exactly like the one in a geenhorn-neophyte's teenage past when i
was told to ask at the paper mill foreman's office for a " lefthanded
monkey wrench" and a "paper stretcher" <i did tho i recall i was
smiling too, damneit>

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mrtravel - 27 Sep 2007 01:22 GMT

> A WOMAN was flying from Seattle to San Francisco. Unexpectedly, the
> plane was diverted to Sacramento along the way. The flight attendant
> explained that there would be a delay, and if the passengers wanted to
> get off the aircraft the plane would re-board in 50 minutes.

FALSE

http://www.snopes.com/humor/jokes/pilotdog.asp

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Robert Cohen - 27 Sep 2007 02:54 GMT

> > A WOMAN was flying from Seattle to San Francisco. Unexpectedly, the
> > plane was diverted to Sacramento along the way. The flight attendant
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
>
> http://www.snopes.com/humor/jokes/pilotdog.asp

i too perceive it is b.s. (though it is a semi-wunderful joke a la
the overly done movie satires),

because there is no apparent specific witness name nor reference
documentation upon which to verify

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mrtravel - 27 Sep 2007 03:47 GMT

>>> A WOMAN was flying from Seattle to San Francisco. Unexpectedly, the
>>>plane was diverted to Sacramento along the way. The flight attendant
[quoted text clipped - 10 lines]
> because there is no apparent specific witness name nor reference
> documentation upon which to verify

I believe this item has been brought up in this newsgroup before.

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Mxsmanic - 27 Sep 2007 04:19 GMT

> i too perceive it is b.s. (though it is a semi-wunderful joke a la
> the overly done movie satires),
>
> because there is no apparent specific witness name nor reference
> documentation upon which to verify

While this appears to be an urban legend, I seem to recall a pilot being fired
for playing a practical joke in which he pretended to be blind in front of
passengers. Unfortunately, I don't have the specifics.

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Jim Davis - 27 Sep 2007 04:30 GMT

> > i too perceive it is b.s. (though it is a semi-wunderful joke a la
> > the overly done movie satires),
[quoted text clipped - 5 lines]
> for playing a practical joke in which he pretended to be blind in front of
> passengers. Unfortunately, I don't have the specifics.

While waiting for an Airtran flight in PHX, an announcement was made
that my flight was delayed for a short time because the pilots locked
themselves out of the cockpit. I thought it was a joke until we all
stood at the window and watched the maintenance crew drive a luggage
conveyor up to the front of the plane. They used it to lift a guy up
so he could get in through the cockpit window. I never thought of my
camcorder until it was finished.

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Airplane III or IV Type of Urban Incident