HUMOR Digest - 5 Nov 1997 to 6 Nov 1997

Date: Wed, 5 Nov 1997 05:29:12 -0500
From: Jim Moore Jr
Subject: Commuter Flights

Airplane commuter flights in Texas fly on a regular basis, most of the time you don't need reservations, you just show up.

At a terminal in Abilene, this couple was obviously in the midst of an argument. He said, "If you hadn't taken so long, we could have caught that flight to Dallas."

She sneered, "And if you wouldn't have rushed me so much, we wouldn't have to wait so long for the next one."

These hedge-hoppers have slow days though. I called ahead once when Mrs JimJr and I were in Abilene and asked when the next flight to Dallas was.

The bored voice on the other end of the phone replied, "What time can you be ready ?"

Most of the commuter planes used are fairly small and well used. A lady passenger once sat for thirty minutes staring at the engine on the side of the plane she was on.

So she wouldn't have to endure yet another thirty minutes, I said, "If you'd like to read a book or something, I'd be glad to watch that engine for ya."

For those of you who've never been on a small commuter plane, the cockpit has a curtain instead of a door, often the pilot never even pulls it across, so you can see pretty much everything.

I had a crisis of confidence once though. A light began flashing on the console. I saw the pilot say something to the co-pilot, then he took his index finger and thumb and kinda flicked the light a few times, as you would to remove a piece of lint from your suit.

Then I saw him reach behind his seat and get what could only be a manual. As he skimmed thru the pages, he looked from the book to the console. After a few moments he shrugged, said something else to the co-pilot, and put the book away.

It was a long damn flight, let me tell ya !

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