The entrance opens, two men dressed in Pilots' uniforms walk
up the aisle. Both are wearing dark glasses, one is
using a guide dog, and the other is tapping his way along the aisle with
a cane. Nervous laughter spreads through the cabin, but the men
enter the cockpit, the door closes, and the engines start up. The
passengers begin glancing nervously around, searching for some sign that
this is just a little practical joke. None is forthcoming. The plane
moves faster and faster down the runway, and the people sitting in the
window seats realize they're headed straight for the water at the edge
of the airport territory. As it begins to look as though the
plane will plough into the water, panicked screams fill the cabin. At
that moment, the plane lifts smoothly into the air. The passengers relax
and laugh a little sheepishly, and soon all retreat into their
magazines, secure in the knowledge that the plane is in good hands. In the cockpit, one of the blind pilots turns to the other and says, "You
know, Bob, one of these days, they're gonna scream too late and we're all gonna die."